Beyond The Canvas: Rethinking Template Culture

Exploring the use of template culture and its effect on the graphic design industry

  • Graphic Design
  • Craft and Making
  • Artefacts

Beyond The Canvas: Rethinking Template Culture critically examines the prevalent use of templates in graphic design, revealing its detrimental impact on the industry. By deconstructing and reconstructing Canva templates, it highlights the disconnect between design processes and users, lack of creative autonomy, and the homogenization of design, further exacerbating the devaluation and de-professionalisation of the industry.

A project by Geraldine Goie Shi Min
A project by Geraldine Goie Shi Min
A project by Geraldine Goie Shi Min
A project by Geraldine Goie Shi Min
A project by Geraldine Goie Shi Min
A project by Geraldine Goie Shi Min
A project by Geraldine Goie Shi Min
A project by Geraldine Goie Shi Min
A project by Geraldine Goie Shi Min
A project by Geraldine Goie Shi Min
A project by Geraldine Goie Shi Min
A project by Geraldine Goie Shi Min