Studio Brief 1 - Teal Triggs Talk

To inform my understanding of The Telegraph brief for D&ad, Simon suggested that Lo and myself go to a lecture by Teal Triggs (what a great name) a professor of Graphic Design at RCA. Teal's lecture was based Women and Self-publishing around feminist and independent fan zines. Her talk was very inspiring for my responsive brief but to see how feminist zines have changed very little through out the years.

Teal Triggs talked about independent magazines that emerged out of 1970/80s & 1990s. Teal also analyses zines to demonstrate the role publications played within the feminist movements throughout the years, as well as discussing Graphic Design techniques and features used within to also help the movement. Teal Triggs talks about zines such as Spare Rib, Collective, Bikini Kill, Aggamengmong Moggie, Ablaze, Riot Grrl and many more. Is was interesting to see most zines mentions show an aggressive and sometime explicit approach to the independent publications, from the names of the zines to the front cover. For example the zine Riot Grrl changing the adaption of 'girl' to 'grrl' making it sound like a growling noise, making girl seem more masculine and aggressive instead of seen the feminine side of the word girl.

Overall, the talk was very inspiring to hear from such a well-established professor. After the talk I did add her on all forms of social media in case I need her experience or help with any thing to do with publications or the feminist moment