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Useful Work versus Useless Toil is the second publication of the MsHeresies series from the Amsterdam-based Rietlanden Women’s Office, a collaboration between graphic designers Johanna Ehde and Elisabeth Rafstedt “which engages in self-initiated, research-based graphic design, and publishing from a feminist perspective.”
The magazine’s main text is a remediation and republishing of the lecture “Useful Work versus Useless Toil” given by William Morris in 1884, accompanied by text and image material from the book The Sisters’ Arts, which examines the working relationship of sisters Virginia Woolf (writer) and Vanessa Bell (painter). This issue continues the project of the series’ first installment—Conditions for Work: The Common World of Women—to investigate the topic of work and the possibilities of collaboration from a feminist perspective.
Similarly to the work of of Joana Avillez, I am really inspired by the layout f this visual essay - and I find it to be really similar to IFILA! in that the text and image take up almost all of the page. There is not a lot of rom for negative space - they're using up as much as they can.
I learnt in my research for my essay that ecological design should be function over form, and I think that by accident designers of publications like these are doing this. The function of the object is to inform readers about a topic- so not a lot of blank negative space is needed.
The magazine’s main text is a remediation and republishing of the lecture “Useful Work versus Useless Toil” given by William Morris in 1884, accompanied by text and image material from the book The Sisters’ Arts, which examines the working relationship of sisters Virginia Woolf (writer) and Vanessa Bell (painter). This issue continues the project of the series’ first installment—Conditions for Work: The Common World of Women—to investigate the topic of work and the possibilities of collaboration from a feminist perspective.
Similarly to the work of of Joana Avillez, I am really inspired by the layout f this visual essay - and I find it to be really similar to IFILA! in that the text and image take up almost all of the page. There is not a lot of rom for negative space - they're using up as much as they can.
I learnt in my research for my essay that ecological design should be function over form, and I think that by accident designers of publications like these are doing this. The function of the object is to inform readers about a topic- so not a lot of blank negative space is needed.
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