Editorial policy

Each Call for Contributions features thematic sections encompassing diverse contributions, providing a broad overview of the discipline, its languages, and the analytical and expressive horizons it allows. The four main sections are:

1. RESEARCH
This is the most substantial section, dedicated to scientific essays that demonstrate an adequate understanding of the analyzed topic, with clear and coherent structures, well-defined and relevant arguments, and rigorously stated and applied methodologies. The section is subdivided into three categories:

• EXPERIMENT: This subsection includes essays that describe applied research projects conducted by the authors, characterized by significant innovation in technological, aesthetic, and/or linguistic aspects of graphic design, within the scope of the call’s topic.
• MAPPING: This space explores case studies selected for their relevance to the topic. It also welcomes critical reflections on technological, linguistic, or aesthetic trends in contemporary design, as well as speculative discussions on future scenarios for graphic design.
• NARRATE: This subsection emphasizes historiographical research that investigates phenomena within graphic design culture, such as people, artifacts, or design movements. Analyses are based on archival documents and materials. This aligns with AIAP’s work over the past 15 years on the Historical Archive of Graphic Design, adding a further occasion of study and dissemination.

2. VISUALIZE
This section represents a innovative element of the editorial project. It includes infographic and videographic communication artifacts as means for scientific dissemination, which are evaluated and selected based on scientific criteria. The goal is to communicate scientific content with a visual approach, designing both static and dynamic graphic projects that engage readers through original experiments in storytelling and content architecture.

3. DISCOVER
This section provides concise analyses of selected monographic scientific volumes chosen by the editorial Board based on the specific call topic. The articles will detail the book’s content, summarize its main arguments, highlight its theses and structure, and discuss the methodology used by the author.

4. WANDER
This section allows each issue to include a broader perspective on national and international research in visual communication design that may not strictly align with the topic of the calls. This space is intended to welcome scientific essays of particular interest and methodological rigor, even if their topics diverge from the issue’s central theme. This section will feature no more than two contributions per issue to ensure that valuable research outside the specific topic is not overlooked.