Who Can Afford to Be Critical? sterling silver Mario García Torres

Mario García Torres

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Black American Portraits includes several works by artists of other backgrounds who have exemplified a thoughtfulness about

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Who Can Afford to Be Critical? sterling silver Mario García TorresOn the conditions and limits of critical thinking for design culture under capitalism. Design schools increasingly urge students to address social, political and environmental issues in their work. But who can afford to work in this way after graduation? In a dynamic style that draws from multiple contributors, Who Can Afford to Be Critical? discusses the limits that affordability, class and labor impose upon the educational promise of holding a