Five Theses for a Thesis — RISD graphic design student Jerel Johnson's thesis position.

Five Theses for a Thesis

1. Content and objects have their own logic — make that logic manifest.

2. Critical graphic design engages with the conditions of its manufacture 
   and / or its distribution.

3. Information theory provides an interpretive and generative platform 
   for design operations.

4. Our cultural condition is that of the network. 
   While closed systems exist, objects and events can be characterized by
   a shift from closed systems to open systems.

5. As a designer I am a creator of visual, verbal, and scripted systems. 
   And, there is procedural pleasure in executing a system.