Francisco Laranjo visits CalArts from Portugal on Thursday, November 9th as part of the Graphic Design Department's Visiting Designer Lecture Series.
Francisco is a graphic designer, writer and educator based in Porto (Portugal) and London (UK). His writings have been published on
Design Observer,
Eye,
Creative Review,
Grafik,
Público, among others. He is co-director of the Shared Institute, a research centre for design and radical pedagogy. Much of his research and writings are published on his site
www.modesofcriticism.com (also a wonderful resource for critical writings on contemporary design).