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Att utmana normer med grafisk form: Ett designprojekt och en fallstudie
Malmö högskola, Faculty of Culture and Society (KS).
2015 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis [Artistic work]
Abstract [sv]

I den här uppsatsen studeras hur avvikande visuella uttryck kan användas inom design för att utmana normer. I uppsatsen undersöks hur designen av tidningen Bang utmanar normativa dikotomier som funktion/form, maskulint/feminint och original/imitation. Uppsatsen tar avstamp främst i queerteori, såsom Judith Butlers resonemang om original och imitation, Fanny Ambjörnssons undersökning av färgen rosa och Judith Halberstams studier av ”queera misslyckanden” i animerad film. Dessa teorier används i en fallstudie av Bangs design för att förstå hur avvikande uttryck kan utmana normer. Fallstudien görs genom analys av tre lösnummer av Bang och diskussioner om normkritisk design i media. Fallstudien inkluderar också en intervju med Lotta Sjöberg, skaparen av den normkritiska facebookgruppen Family Living – the true story. Utifrån detta material undersöks hur normkritisk design blir subversiv, såväl som vilka problem som kan finnas med strategin. Slutligen dras slutsatsen att normkritisk design erbjuder ett icke-essentialistiskt sätt att förhålla sig till normer och design.

Abstract [en]

This is a study on how deviant visual expressions can be used within design in order to challenge norms. The essay examines how normative dichotomies such as function/form, masculine/feminine and original/imitation are challenged within the magazine Bang’s design. The essay mainly draws on queer theory, such as Judith Butler’s ideas on original and imitation, Fanny Ambjörnsson’s study of the colour pink and Judith Halberstam’s theories on ”queer failures” within animated film. These theories are used in a case study of Bang’s design in order to understand how deviant expressions can challenge norms. In the case study, three issues of Bang and media discussions on norm critical design are analysed. The case study also includes an interview with Lotta Sjöberg, creator of the norm critical Facebook group Family Living – the true story. This material is examined in order to explain how norm critical design becomes subversive, as well as potential problems with the strategy. Finally, the essay concludes that norm critical design offers a non-essential way of relating to norms and design.

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Malmö högskola/Kultur och samhälle , 2015. , p. 57
Keywords [sv]
grafisk design, genusteori, queerteori, modernism, dikotomi, norm
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Arts
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22512Local ID: 19425OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-22512DiVA, id: diva2:1482440
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KS K3 Grafisk design
Available from: 2020-10-27 Created: 2020-10-27 Last updated: 2022-06-27Bibliographically approved

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