CAPS LOCK Graphic Design Dorothee Elmiger is an author

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CAPS LOCK Graphic Design Dorothee Elmiger is an authorHow capitalism took hold of graphic design, and how to escape from it Capitalism could not exist without the coins, notes, documents, graphics, interfaces, branding and advertisements; artefacts that have been (partly) created by graphic designers. Even anti consumerist strategies such as social design and speculative design are being appropriated within capitalist societies to serve economic growth. It seems that design is locked in a system of