Ginn Assibey Bonsu, Alettia V. Chisin, Johannes Christoffel Cronje
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Abstract
ABSTRACT Graphic design practices in a developing nation have a negative impact on sustainability, with researchers recommending several strategies to minimize it, yet much has not been achieved. Cosmopolitan localism has been proposed as a solution since contextual problems need contextual solutions. This paper attempts to establish a relationship between cosmopolitan localism and sustainability through exploring emerging innovations in cosmopolitan localism and their potential to minimize the impact of graphic design practices on sustainability. Data were gathered through observation, field notes of shared experiences, and unstructured interviews pertaining to designing packagings, labels, advertisement materials and by-products of graphic design production. The emerging innovations reflect three approaches, namely design policy, up-cycling of graphic design production by-products, and social media usage for design product dissemination. Results show how local approaches that are open and connected shape design decisions and reflect a connection to the global flow of ideas that minimize the impact of graphic design practices on sustainability. The paper concludes that cosmopolitan localism is a collaborative mode of production that creates an enabling environment for the practice of sustainability in graphic design, and that promotes distributed economics.
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The International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation is an international publication that provides a forum for discussing the nature and potential of creativity and innovation in design from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Design creativity and innovation is truly an interdisciplinary academic research field that will interest and stimulate researchers of engineering design, industrial design, architecture, art, and similar areas. The journal aims to not only promote existing research disciplines but also pioneer a new one that lies in the intermediate area between the domains of systems engineering, information technology, computer science, social science, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, psychology, philosophy, linguistics, and related fields. The journal covers, but is not restricted to, the following topics: ·Theories on Design Creativity and Innovation ·Cognition of Design Creativity ·Innovative Process ·Inventive Process ·Analogical Reasoning for Design Creativity and Innovation ·Design Synthesis ·Method and Tools for Design Creativity and Innovation ·Representation of Design Creativity and Innovation ·Education for Design Creativity and Innovation ·Concept Generation and Inspiration.