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Stickers - Portfolio Artefact (2019)
Physical Artefact
MacLeod, M., & Macdonald, I. Stickers - Portfolio Artefact. [Stickers - Print]

Designing for social good framed within an ethical practice has a long tradition informed by the democratic philosophy of John Dewey, but more recently it has been acknowledged that co-design can embody cultural respect and empathy through an express... Read More about Stickers - Portfolio Artefact.

Learning from the locals: how can co-design support malaria education in a post-colonial environment? (2018)
Journal Article
MacLeod, M., & Macdonald, I. (2018). Learning from the locals: how can co-design support malaria education in a post-colonial environment?. Design for Health, 2(1), 163-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/24735132.2018.1451676

Designing for social good framed within an ethical practice has a long tradition informed by the democratic philosophy of John Dewey, but more recently it has been acknowledged that co-design can embody cultural respect and empathy through an express... Read More about Learning from the locals: how can co-design support malaria education in a post-colonial environment?.

Learning From The Locals Stickers. (2017)
Book Chapter
MacLeod, M., & Macdonald, I. (2017). Learning From The Locals Stickers. In S. Schrauwen, L. Roberts, & R. Wright (Eds.), Can Graphic Design Save Your Life? (216-221). (2nd). London: Central Books

An international publication supporting an exhibition of the same name held at the Wellcome Trust in London. The book showcases a range of projects from international esteemed graphic designers, both contemporary and historical. The project is sit... Read More about Learning From The Locals Stickers..

Design Education without Borders: How Students Can Engage with a Socially Conscious Pedagogy as Global Citizens (2017)
Journal Article
Macdonald, I., & MacLeod, M. (2018). Design Education without Borders: How Students Can Engage with a Socially Conscious Pedagogy as Global Citizens. International Journal of Art and Design Education, 37(2), 312-324. https://doi.org/10.1111/jade.12117

This study examines the student experience of a third sector graphic design project in an international context. Inspired by a humanist and socially conscious perspective that was originally set out by Ken Garland's ‘First Things First’ manifesto in... Read More about Design Education without Borders: How Students Can Engage with a Socially Conscious Pedagogy as Global Citizens.

Designing to engage a television audience: how are different media used in TV ident creation? (2015)
Journal Article
Macdonald, I. (2015). Designing to engage a television audience: how are different media used in TV ident creation?. Arts and the Market, 5(2), 139-153. https://doi.org/10.1108/aam-05-2014-0019

Purpose
 The aims of this article are to illustrate how designers attempt to engage audiences through different media in tv idents; and to explore how the human mark (such as drawing and model-making) in a hybrid with digital media can not only revi... Read More about Designing to engage a television audience: how are different media used in TV ident creation?.

How can design education develop intercultural competencies for professional practice and global citizenship? (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Macdonald, I., & MacLeod, M. (2015). How can design education develop intercultural competencies for professional practice and global citizenship?.

Within the field of graphic design many contemporary designers and educators seek to challenge global corporate homogenization and the exploitation of developing countries (Rawsthorn 2013; Poynor 1999; McCoy 1994). The ‘First Things First 2000’ manif... Read More about How can design education develop intercultural competencies for professional practice and global citizenship?.

Journal of Design Practice and Research Volume 2, 2012. (2012)
Book
Lambert, I., Firth, R., Forster, S., Innes, M., Macdonald, I., MacLeod, M., …Winton, E. (2012). Journal of Design Practice and Research Volume 2, 2012. Edinburgh Napier University

Since the publication of the first issue of our journal twelve months ago our team of creative practitioners and academics has expanded (see pages 32-39), as has our work with industry and the public sector. We have worked on several more SFC Innovat... Read More about Journal of Design Practice and Research Volume 2, 2012..

Why throw the negs out with the bath water? (2012)
Journal Article
Macdonald, I. (2012). Why throw the negs out with the bath water?. International Journal of Art and Design Education, 31, 191-214. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-8070.2012.01735.x

Today’s digital age holds so much promise it is easy to dismiss the previous technologies and processes that provided yesterday’s creative opportunities. Photography has been revolutionised by digital capture and transmission in the last decade. This... Read More about Why throw the negs out with the bath water?.

Journal of Design Practice and Research Volume 1. 2011 (2011)
Journal Article
Lambert, I., MacLeod, M., Firth, R., Winton, E., Dean, M., Innes, M., …Titley, W. (2011). Journal of Design Practice and Research Volume 1. 2011. Journal of Design Practice and Research, 1, 1-40

What is design and what are designers? Good design can change lives and improve services within the public, private and third sectors. Designers are creative problem solvers who can make ideas visible and tangible, using a unique set of skills and st... Read More about Journal of Design Practice and Research Volume 1. 2011.

The changing technological and commercial context of BBC graphic design. (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Macdonald, I. (2011, July). The changing technological and commercial context of BBC graphic design. Paper presented at Film and Media Conference

Over the last twenty years television graphic design has seen an unprecedented upheaval and transformation. Not only have there been a series of technological changes but also a paradigm shift in business models and the service offered to programme m... Read More about The changing technological and commercial context of BBC graphic design..