Arjun Harrison-Mann is a London-based designer, activist and advocate for dialogue, whose practice proposes the role of dialogical design in Post-Visual Communication. Having studied MA Visual Communication at the Royal College of Art, Arjun is also co-founder of Studio Hyte and takes part in multiple lectures, debates and workshops. Through both his collaborative and individual practice, he is keen to explore alternative methods of engagement, where both the subject matter and participant are considered in equal measure.
Often driven by the causes closest to his heart, Arjun's practice currently engages in the ongoing Disability Benefit Cuts that are taking place in the UK, in which the British government have been found guilty of 'grave or systematic violations' of disabled peoples human rights by the United Nations. Through engaging in this subject via the framework of dialogical design, Arjun is currently creating work that responds to the disability benefit distribution system implemented by tech giants Atos & Capita and along with Benjamin Redgrove is collaborating with DPAC (Disabled People Against Cuts) in order to create tools to facilitate alternative protest for deaf and disabled people.
Talks:
'Radical Accessibility', A Good Night Out, 2019
Thangs, It's Nice That, London UK, 2019
Design Indaba Conference, South Africa, 2017
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea, 2017
'Graphic Persuasion', Crowd Talks, London, 2017
'Communication vs Dialogue', Central Saint Martins, London, 2016
'#Written', ARC20, London UK, 2016
'Autonomy and The Machine', Central Saint Martins, London, 2015
'Design Education', Central Saint Martins, London, 2014
Teaching & Workshops:
BA Design, Lecturer, Goldsmiths University, 2018-2019
MA Visual Communication, Visiting Lecturer,
Royal College of Art, 2018-2019
BA Graphic Design, Visiting Lecturer,
Kingston University, 2017
BA Graphic Branding and Identity,
Visiting Practitioner, LCC, UAL, 2017
Paju Typographic Institute (PaTI), South Korea, 2017
Workshop Facilitator, Kyoto College of Technology, Japan, 2017
Debates & Workshops, Red Tape, Royal College of Art, London, 2017
Arduino & Processing Workshops, Royal College of Art, London, 2016-2017
'Crafting Conductivity', Paris, France, 2016
'Crafting Conductivity', Royal College of Art, London, 2016
'Engaging the Public Through Design', Winchester School of Art, UK, 2015
Student Ambassador, Widening Participation, Central Saint Martins, UAL, London,
2012-2015
Awards:
Critical Engagement with a Social Issue, MA Visual Communication, Royal College of Art, 2017
Helen Hamlyn Award - Finalist, Royal College of Art, 2017
Type Directors Club, Communication Design, 2017
STA 100, Society of Typographic Arts, 2016
Lord and Lady Stevenson Award, 2015
HOW Poster Competition, 2012
Exhibitions:
DPAC Power Tour, Hito Steyerl Actual Reality OS, Serpentine Gallery, 2019
Time Portals, Furtherfield Gallery, 2019
Playbour, Furtherfield Gallery, 2018
Tanikawa's Living Room, 331 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2017
Typeforce 7, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL, 2016
Toilet Break, London Design Festival, London, UK, 2016
Ridley Road Records, Doomed Gallery, London, UK, 2016
The Common Room, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 2016
Exhibition Evenings, Founder, London, UK, 2013–2015
Features & Mentions:
Arts Thread, Bare Conductive (Crafting Conductivity), Bare Conductive (TBGV), Business Day, CassArt, CreativeBloq, Design Week, Design Week (Toilet Break), Dezeen (Toilet Break), Disability News Service Elle Decoration, HOWDesign, ICON, Innovation Space, Inspofinds Collection I, It's Nice That (DAOWO), It's Nice That (iiii Mag), It's Nice That (Kate Moross), It's Nice That (Toilet Break), Mark Lives, Royal College of Art (Kyoto Design Lab), Wacom
Writing:
A case for dialogical design: Ethical engagement via Reflective Machines in post-communicative social design.