Manifesto for Agile Software Development - STUDIO NEWWORK - We're on a mission to spread important ideas and change minds. 100+ Years of Design Manifestos -- Social Design Notes Since the days of radical printer-pamphleteers, design and designers have a long history of fighting for what’s right and working to transform society. The rise of the literary form of the manifesto also parallels the rise of modernity and the spread of letterpress printing. This list of design manifestos was buried in a previous post but deserves its own permalink. The original list was largely drawn from Mario Piazza’s presentation at the Più Design Può conference in Florence, though I’ve edited and added to it. I’ve also incorporated links where I was able to find them. And a few un-/anti- manifestos: Know of others I’m leaving out? Bonus points if you’ve got a link. Thanks Alberto, Ampat, Barbara, Ben, Charles, Gabe, Gary, Ianus, Kara, Laura, Lotte, Nick, Noah, Ramsay, and William for the additions.
About the GNU Project This is the original announcement of the GNU Project, posted by Richard Stallman on September 27, 1983. The actual history of the GNU Project differs in many ways from this initial plan. For example, the beginning was delayed until January 1984. Free Unix! Starting this Thanksgiving I am going to write a complete Unix-compatible software system called GNU (for Gnu's Not Unix), and give it away free(1) to everyone who can use it. To begin with, GNU will be a kernel plus all the utilities needed to write and run C programs: editor, shell, C compiler, linker, assembler, and a few other things. GNU will be able to run Unix programs, but will not be identical to Unix. Who Am I? I am Richard Stallman, inventor of the original much-imitated EMACS editor, now at the Artificial Intelligence Lab at MIT. Why I Must Write GNU I consider that the golden rule requires that if I like a program I must share it with other people who like it. How You Can Contribute For more information, contact me.
max bruinsma First Things First 2000 a design manifesto manifesto published jointly by 33 signatories in: Adbusters, the AIGA journal, Blueprint, Emigre, Eye, Form, Items fall 1999 / spring 2000 First Things First 1964 a manifesto We, the undersigned, are graphic designers, photographers and students who have been brought up in a world in which the techniques and apparatus of advertising have persistently been presented to us as the most lucrative, effective and desirable means of using our talents. We have been bombarded with publications devoted to this belief, applauding the work of those who have flogged their skill and imagination to sell such things as: cat food, stomach powders, detergent, hair restorer, striped toothpaste, aftershave lotion, beforeshave lotion, slimming diets, fattening diets, deodorants, fizzy water, cigarettes, roll-ons, pull-ons and slip-ons. We do not advocate the abolition of high pressure consumer advertising: this is not feasible. signed: miscellaneous reactions
eye | feature We, the undersigned, are graphic designers, art directors and visual communicators who have been raised in a world in which the techniques and apparatus of advertising have persistently been presented to us as the most lucrative, effective and desirable use of our talents. Many design teachers and mentors promote this belief; the market rewards it; a tide of books and publications reinforces it. Encouraged in this direction, designers then apply their skill and imagination to sell dog biscuits, designer coffee, diamonds, detergents, hair gel, cigarettes, credit cards, sneakers, butt toners, light beer and heavy-duty recreational vehicles. Commercial work has always paid the bills, but many graphic designers have now let it become, in large measure, what graphic designers do. This, in turn, is how the world perceives design. Many of us have grown increasingly uncomfortable with this view of design. There are pursuits more worthy of our problem-solving skills.
Free Font Manifesto A small but growing number of designers and institutions are creating typefaces for the public domain. These designers are participating in the broader and copyleft movements, which seek to stimulate worldwide creativity via a collective. This web page provides information and airs ideas about the concept of free fonts. Its annotated appearance reflects my conversations with type designers about the danger and necessity of free fonts. —Ellen Lupton * What is a free font? ** Should all fonts be free? *** What makes a typeface “good”? ****Is a typeface a meaningful gift to humanity? Perhaps the free font movement will continue to grow slowly, along the lines in which it is already taking shape: in the service of creating typefaces that sustain and encourage both the diversity and connectedness of humankind. > Visit the to share your ideas or concerns. These notes were prepared for the aTypi Conference: Typographic Journeys, Lisbon, 2006. > Text from aTypi talk (unofficial transcript)