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The Agenda #22
Summer 2008


Culture

An Art & Culture Manifesto for Providence

28 June 07 (Issue #19)

art n. human creativity culture n. the totality of socially transmitted behavior, pattern, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought. Art and culture are everything we do and everywhere we are. Art and culture are inalienable human rights essential to our survival. We are members, friends, and supporters of Providence’s…

Local

Noisy By Nature

7 October 06 (Issue #20)

The Flash That Refuses To Fade In our last issue we published an interview with Bert Crenca, Art Director and co-founder of AS220. This is a continuation of that transcript, focusing on the importance of manifestos and public dialogue. The phenomenon of manifestos, and the phenomenon of change, is a social-historical accident.…

Art

First Things First 1964

29 September 06 (Issue #20)

A Design Manifesto by Ken Garland We, the undersigned, are graphic designers, photographers and students who have been brought up in a world in which the techniques and apparatus of advertising have persistently been presented to us as the most lucrative, effective and desirable means of using our talents. We have been…

Community

First Things First 2000: A Design Manifesto

26 September 06 (Issue #20)

“In 1964 a small number of British graphic designers lent their names to a quietly radical document. First Things First was a rebuke to their colleagues in the industry. It had the force of a flash of truth, inspiring many ad and design people.” – Chris Dixon The innovators, artists, musicians,…