ABSTRACT
Under the fields of design theory and practice, we propose a critical comment on K magazine (1990-1993), under Derrida definition of parergon to understand the publication design solutions. The survey is the result of two crossing methodologies: the empirical analysis of the magazine issues and the critical review of its theoretical frame, where the device parergon is rescued to grasp the magazine’s graphic design strategies, providing us a close reading of K visual layout through postmodern graphic design scope. The essay will identify and analyse 4 case studies of parergon in the magazine layout to demonstrate the significant role of graphic design in the text interpretation, as a postmodern graphic design feature. The pertinence of the study concerns the ability of design to become a subjectivation device in communication process.
