Robert L. Peters - Selected Articles & Publications

Selected Articles & Publications

From 1994 to 1997 Peters served as a member of The Design Sector Steering Committee, Human Resources Development Canada, and contributed to the strategic 1996 document prepared for the committee by Price Waterhouse: 'Shaping Canada’s Future by Design'

• Summary Report
• Full Report

Peters has been a regular foreign feature contributor to Communication Arts magazine since 1995, and has written in-depth articles on design in Russia, Japan, Brazil, China, Cuba, Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, and Taiwan as well as reports on design congresses in Portugal, Uruguay, Australia, Korea, and Denmark.

• Russia Feature
• Japan Feature
• Brazil Feature
• China Feature
• Cuba Feature
• Australia Feature
• New Zealand Feature
• Portugal Feature
• Taiwan Feature
• 'Era 05 Congress' (Denmark) Feature

From 2002 to 2006 Peters served as editor of The Graphic Design Journal published by the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada. He has also written numerous design articles, reviews, and opinion pieces for numerous international publications including, HOW, Applied Arts, Print, the AIGA Journal, NOC (Japan), Package & Design (China), and Who’s Who In Graphic Design (Switzerland). During his two-year presidency of Icograda (2001 to 2003), Peters wrote quarterly editorials for the international journal BoardMessage.

• BoardMessage Archive

In 2005, Peters authored the book Worldwide Identity: Inspired Design from Forty Countries (ISBN 1-59253-187-3) published by Rockport in partnership with Icograda, and compiled and designed at Circle. The book showcases over 300 identities from 40 Icograda member countries around the globe, and has been called “a stimulating source of inspiration, reflection, and learning—an international snapshot of excellence in identity design.” An editorial essay from the book was published in Communication Arts magazine under the title ‘Identity Matters.’

• ‘Identity Matters’ Article

In 2008, Peters edited and published the book Gray Matter Graffiti: remnants of collections lost… an early gallery from some alleyways & other by-ways by Vancouver poet Sam W. Reimer.

In 2010, an essay by Peters entitled "Designing the Future" appeared in Applied Arts Magazine (Vol. 25, No. 4, October 2010) "Designing the Future" essay.

In 2011, Peters gave a TEDxManitoba talk about the design and construction of Solace House, the low energy passive solar home he built in the woods of Eastern Manitoba in the early 1980s. "Solace House" video