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Pink Circles, Blue Squares.

A Practical Guide to Help Fight Gender Biases in Graphic Design

by Vic Rodriguez Tang

Softcover
Flexible, high-gloss laminated cover
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About the Book
This book is just the beginning of this ever-evolving topic, gender biases in graphic design, but I hope this can serve as a resource for those with questions like I did. Questions such as “why is the color pink associated with femininity?” And “where did that come from?” Or “how does that affect my design?” There must be reasons that explain why we design the way we create! I also realized that many of my gender and graphic design biases started in school during undergrad. As an educator, I wanted to develop a tool to help others facilitate conversations about gender biases in graphic design. So, here it is! I know this book doesn’t cover everything regarding gender biases and graphic design, and it is written from my perspective. Like everyone else, I have my own biases, but I have tried to create a resource as neutral as possible. If you’re reading this, I hope you find this book helpful. Happy reading!
Author website
https://yosoyvic.com/
Features & Details
  • Primary Category: Graphic Design
  • Additional Categories Arts & Photography Books, Education
  • Project Option: 6×9 in, 15×23 cm
    # of Pages: 180
  • Isbn
    • Softcover: 9798210250667
  • Publish Date: Apr 21, 2022
  • Language English
  • Keywords art direction, branding, advertising, art, gender
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About the Creator
yosoyvic
Vic Rodriguez Tang
Austin, TX

Vic is a Peruvian-Chinese queer creative human from Lima, Perú, living in one of the suburbs in the Austin area, Leander, Texas. Vic grew up in Dallas and has worked as a designer and art director in the Dallas and Austin areas since 2008. They recently finished their MFA in graphic design at Vermont College of Fine Arts in the spring of 2022. They currently teach full-time as an associate professor of practice at The University of Texas in Austin in the School of Design and Creative Technologies. Their areas of concentration of their research, passion projects, and community service-based work have always focused on using design principles and design thinking to problem-solve and bring awareness about issues faced by vulnerable communities such as theirs. Vic’s creative approach always comes from an empathetic angle or reaction to the matters they have personally experienced as a queer, nonbinary, immigrant, Latinx human being with a disability living in America today.

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