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Post haste design methods stimulate intuitive, uninhibited, creative productivity. Experiments with post haste design suggest that limiting the time spent considering a multiplicity of possible options and potential outcomes encourages designers and illustrators to make more immediate, direct responses. The premise for the guest lecture and masterclass was to present and extend Eastwood’s research findings in the area of post haste design - and its relationship to an identifiable aesthetic of protest. Editions have been published in collaboration with events held at Anhalt University and the Dessau Bauhaus in Germany, The Peoples History Museum in Manchester, The University of Northampton, The University of Lincoln, and as part of the RADAR programme of event focusing on Art, Politics and the Pamphleteer organised by LU Arts in Loughborough. Research has subsequently revealed that personal data collected from social media accounts can be analysed to identify and influence swing voters, and therefore potentially to influence the outcome of elections.Įditions of POST MERZ POST HASTE usually focus on current affairs and single issues. The rise of fake news, and the term post truth, first came to wider public attention as a consequence of the 2016 UK European referendum and US Presidential election campaigns. The current debate surrounding Post Truth stems from concerns that objective truth and objective facts are potentially being replaced by false news and fake news stories - circulated predominately via social media apps such as FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM and TWITTER. Post-truth can be defined as: ‘Relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.’ (3) Post-Truth has been designated the word of 2016 by The Oxford dictionary. The theme of the Wolverhampton edition was POST TRUTH POST HASTE. The magazine is titled: POST MERZ POST HASTE.
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This was a special edition of an experimental art and design magazine published by the Little Riot Press. The work produced on 8th March 2017 formed the basis of a limited edition, handmade publication. Approximately 50 students attended the guest lecture, while 20 students had signed up to participate in the masterclass. The guest lecture and masterclass was open to undergraduate and postgraduate design communication students. The event was held on Wednesday 8th March 2017 in the ‘iconic School of Art building on Molineux Street, Wolverhampton,’ (1) forming part of the 2017 Faculty of Arts invited guest lecture programme. Phil Eastwood was invited by Jeff Leak, senior lecturer in visual communications at the university of Wolverhampton, to present a guest lecture and experimental design masterclass. POST TRUTH POST HASTE: INVITED GUEST LECTURE AND MASTERCLASS