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THE COMMERCIALISATION OF THE WORKING-CLASS CREATIVE

designweek.co.uk7 min read

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

Pentagram designer Harriet Richardson shifted from commercial design to performance art, influenced by her working-class roots and northern education. She critiques the class divide where southern privilege allows risk while northern students focus on jobs. She urges structural change to help working-class creatives explore art safely.