Learning from the locals: how can co-design support malaria education in a post-colonial environment?
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. doi: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 acknowledge...
Cultural Change in the Creative Industries: a case study of BBC Graphic Design from 1990-2011
Journal Article
Macdonald, I. (2014)
Cultural Change in the Creative Industries: a case study of BBC Graphic Design from 1990-2011. Visual Communication, 13(1), 31-49. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470357213507510
Using his own experience as a witness and participant in the convulsion that the BBC, and specifically the BBC Graphic Design department underwent, the author aims to illumina...
Book review of 'Communication Design: Insights from the Creative Industries' (Yates and Price 2015)
Journal Article
Macdonald, I. (2015)
Book review of 'Communication Design: Insights from the Creative Industries' (Yates and Price 2015). AD, 33-33
Derek Yates and Jessie Price’s book Communication Design: Insights from the Creative Industries is about designers who make a difference in the world. Its aim is to bridge the...
Learning From The Locals Stickers.
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...
Digital gardens with real toads: in what ways have heritage and digital practices fused to form hybrid methods in moving image design?
Thesis
Macdonald, I. Digital gardens with real toads: in what ways have heritage and digital practices fused to form hybrid methods in moving image design?. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5888
This thesis is a critical examination of my own creative practice through my published works in the moving image: a short film, commercials and a television series title seque...
Design Education without Borders: How Students Can Engage with a Socially Conscious Pedagogy as Global Citizens
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. doi: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...
Mossuril - an international study project.
Digital Artefact
Macdonald, I. (2014)
Mossuril - an international study project
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...
Interdisciplinary methodologies in different cultures of learning: Apples and Pears?
Conference Proceeding
Macdonald, I., Firth, R., Foster, M., & Zhou, V. (2014)
Interdisciplinary methodologies in different cultures of learning: Apples and Pears?
This paper explores the reception and analysis of different methodologies in an inter-disciplinary pedagogical collaboration involving Design and Business academics and their ...
How can design students develop intercultural competencies using critical approaches to global consumerism?
Conference Proceeding
Macdonald, I. & MacLeod, M. (2015)
How can design students develop intercultural competencies using critical approaches to global consumerism?
Within the field of graphic design many contemporary designers and educators seek to challenge global corporate homogenization and the exploitation of developing countries (Ra...
Journal of Design Practice and Research Volume 2, 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...