House of Common Affairs
Design. Power. Public life—interrogated, illustrated, and reimagined.
House of Common Affairs is an independent imprint and publishing platform for designers, architects, artists, and critical thinkers who know that visuals aren’t just aesthetic—they’re political.
Since 2017, HOCA has published an annual journal that unpacks the messy intersections between graphic design, the built environment, and the shifting role of media in public life. We collaborate with cultural institutions, educational bodies, and radical practitioners to challenge dominant narratives and reveal the politics hidden in plain sight.
Our journals don’t just document trends—they anticipate them. From media disinformation and state propaganda to urban blandness and civic unrest, HOCA has been prophetically mapping the slow collapse of the social contract (and the design choices that enable it).
Each issue is a limited-edition object of critical design: researched, written, illustrated, and printed with care.
For designers, architects, educators and rebels who know that changing the story starts with changing the visuals.
House of Common Affairs
London, United Kingdom