Looking Closer 5: Critical Writings on Graphic Design (Bk. 5)

The top writing on contemporary issues in design--in one volume * Big names: Milton Glaser, Maud Lavin, Ellen Lupton, more * Includes essays from blogs and Internet journals * A must-have for students, pros, anyone interested in pop culture This final installment in an acclaimed series offers astute--and controversial--discussions on contemporary graphic design from 2001 to 2005. The essays here takes stock of the graphic design writing published in professional and general-interest design magazines, as well as in blogs and Internet journals. Contributors include Milton Glaser, Maud Lavin, Ellen Lupton, Victor Margolin, Mr. Keedy, David Jury, Alice Twemlow, Jessica Helfand, Michael Dooley, Nick Curry, Emily King, and more. These prominent designers look at design as pop culture, design as art, politics, aesthetics, social responsibility, typography, the future of design--a wide-ranging and thought-provoking mix of ideas and information. Students, beginning graphic designers, and even veterans seeking fresh perspective will savor this collection. Last in the series that helped launch the design-criticism movement--and that pioneered anthologizing important graphic-design criticism--this volume will be the most provocative of all. Title Page......Page 2 Copyright Page......Page 3 Table of Contents......Page 4 Foreword......Page 8 Introduction WHERE’S THE CRITICISM? Steven Heller......Page 10 SECTION I: GRAPHIC DESIGN AS SYSTEM......Page 14 THE GRAND UNIFIED THEORY OF NOTHING: DESIGN, THE CULT OF SCIENCE, AND THE LURE OF BIG IDEAS Randy Nakamura......Page 16 TOWARDS CRITICAL AUTONOMY, OR CAN GRAPHIC DESIGN SAVE ITSELF? Andrew Blauvelt......Page 21 METHOD DESIGNING: THE PARADOX OF MODERN DESIGN EDUCATION Jessica Helfand......Page 24 PAINTING THE WORLD PINK William Owen and Fenella Collingridge......Page 26 DEFAULT SYSTEMS DESIGN A DISCUSSION WITH ROB GIAMPIETRO ABOUT GUILT AND LOSS IN GRAPHIC DESIGN Rudy VanderLans......Page 29 THE BIRTH OF THE USER Ellen Lupton......Page 36 QUANTUM LEAP: BEYOND LITERAL MATERIALITY Johanna Drucker......Page 39 FROM THE (A) TRIVIAL TO THE (B) DEADLY SERIOUS, LISTS DOMINATE VISUAL CULTURE Alice Twemlow......Page 45 SECTION II: GRAPHIC DESIGN AS CULTURE......Page 54 THE BEAUTY PART Rick Poynor......Page 56 THE IMAGE CULTURE Christine Rosen......Page 58 THINKING INSIDE THE BOX: ASPEN REVISITED Emily King......Page 75 WHERE THE GIRLS GO Maud Lavin......Page 82 GRAPHIC DESIGN IN THE COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Paola Antonelli......Page 88 AMERICAN MUTT David Barringer......Page 90 SECTION III: GRAPHIC DESIGN AS FASHION......Page 98 THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF ORNAMENT Alice Twemlow......Page 100 STYLE IS NOT A FOUR LETTER WORD Mr. Keedy......Page 107 NOT YOUR GRANDPARENT’S CLENCHED FIST Phil Patton......Page 116 THE SHOCK OF THE OLD: RETHINKING NOSTALGIA Jessica Helfand......Page 119 CRIMES AGAINST TYPOGRAPHY: THE CASE OF AVANT GARDE Steven Heller......Page 121 SECTION IV: GRAPHIC DESIGN AS POLITICS......Page 126 A PRESIDENT AND HIS DOG Karrie Jacobs......Page 128 THE CITIZEN DESIGNER Victor Margolin......Page 131 WHERE PUBLIC MEETS PRIVATE: THE LOS ANGELES WOMAN’S BUILDING Teal Triggs......Page 142 FIGHTING THE IMAGE WARS Steven Heller......Page 149 HUMAN DIGNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: THOUGHTS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN Richard Buchanan......Page 153 SINCE THEN Milton Glaser......Page 157 RAGING BULL Rick Poynor......Page 162 CASTLES MADE OF SAND Lorraine Wild......Page 165 MY COUNTRY IS NOT A BRAND William Drenttel......Page 174 SECTION V: GRAPHIC DESIGN AS PASSION......Page 178 THE CULT OF GRAPHIC DESIGN Adrian Shaughnessy......Page 180 GRAPHIC FANTASIES: REFLECTIONS IN THE GLASS CEILING Véronique Vienne......Page 183 EXPERIMENTAL TYPOGRAPHY. WHATEVER THAT MEANS Peter Bilak......Page 185 DESIGN AS RELIGION Nick Currie......Page 189 DESIGNING UNDER THE INFLUENCE Michael Bierut......Page 192 PART NOTES Rob Giampietro......Page 194 DESIGN OUT OF BOUNDS? Dan Nadel......Page 198 DESIGNING THE REAL WORLD Al Robertson......Page 201 INNOVATION AND RESTRAINT: THE BOOK DESIGNS OF RICHARD ECKERSLEY Roy R. Behrens......Page 204 SECTION VI: GRAPHIC DESIGN AS IDEA......Page 208 DUMB IDEAS Mr. Keedy......Page 210 WONDERS REVEALED: DESIGN AND FAUX SCIENCE Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel......Page 215 ED WORDS: RUSCHA IN PRINT Michael Dooley......Page 220 VISITATIONS Denise Gonzales Crisp, Kali Nikitas, Louise Sandhaus......Page 228 VISITATIONS REVISITED Rudy VanderLans......Page 234 MAD DUTCH DISEASE: TEN PROPOSALS FOR A LECTURE ON DUTCH DESIGN Michael Rock......Page 237 WHY DESIGNERS CAN THINK Ralph Caplan......Page 247 BIOGRAPHIES......Page 250 INDEX......Page 253 ISBN-13: 9781581154719 Title Page 2 Copyright Page 3 Table of Contents 4 Foreword 8 Introduction WHERE’S THE CRITICISM? Steven Heller 10 SECTION I: GRAPHIC DESIGN AS SYSTEM 14 THE GRAND UNIFIED THEORY OF NOTHING: DESIGN, THE CULT OF SCIENCE, AND THE LURE OF BIG IDEAS Randy Nakamura 16 TOWARDS CRITICAL AUTONOMY, OR CAN GRAPHIC DESIGN SAVE ITSELF? Andrew Blauvelt 21 METHOD DESIGNING: THE PARADOX OF MODERN DESIGN EDUCATION Jessica Helfand 24 PAINTING THE WORLD PINK William Owen and Fenella Collingridge 26 DEFAULT SYSTEMS DESIGN A DISCUSSION WITH ROB GIAMPIETRO ABOUT GUILT AND LOSS IN GRAPHIC DESIGN Rudy VanderLans 29 THE BIRTH OF THE USER Ellen Lupton 36 QUANTUM LEAP: BEYOND LITERAL MATERIALITY Johanna Drucker 39 FROM THE (A) TRIVIAL TO THE (B) DEADLY SERIOUS, LISTS DOMINATE VISUAL CULTURE Alice Twemlow 45 SECTION II: GRAPHIC DESIGN AS CULTURE 54 THE BEAUTY PART Rick Poynor 56 THE IMAGE CULTURE Christine Rosen 58 THINKING INSIDE THE BOX: ASPEN REVISITED Emily King 75 WHERE THE GIRLS GO Maud Lavin 82 GRAPHIC DESIGN IN THE COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Paola Antonelli 88 AMERICAN MUTT David Barringer 90 SECTION III: GRAPHIC DESIGN AS FASHION 98 THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF ORNAMENT Alice Twemlow 100 STYLE IS NOT A FOUR LETTER WORD Mr. Keedy 107 NOT YOUR GRANDPARENT’S CLENCHED FIST Phil Patton 116 THE SHOCK OF THE OLD: RETHINKING NOSTALGIA Jessica Helfand 119 CRIMES AGAINST TYPOGRAPHY: THE CASE OF AVANT GARDE Steven Heller 121 SECTION IV: GRAPHIC DESIGN AS POLITICS 126 A PRESIDENT AND HIS DOG Karrie Jacobs 128 THE CITIZEN DESIGNER Victor Margolin 131 WHERE PUBLIC MEETS PRIVATE: THE LOS ANGELES WOMAN’S BUILDING Teal Triggs 142 FIGHTING THE IMAGE WARS Steven Heller 149 HUMAN DIGNITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: THOUGHTS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN Richard Buchanan 153 SINCE THEN Milton Glaser 157 RAGING BULL Rick Poynor 162 CASTLES MADE OF SAND Lorraine Wild 165 MY COUNTRY IS NOT A BRAND William Drenttel 174 SECTION V: GRAPHIC DESIGN AS PASSION 178 THE CULT OF GRAPHIC DESIGN Adrian Shaughnessy 180 GRAPHIC FANTASIES: REFLECTIONS IN THE GLASS CEILING Véronique Vienne 183 EXPERIMENTAL TYPOGRAPHY. WHATEVER THAT MEANS Peter Bilak 185 DESIGN AS RELIGION Nick Currie 189 DESIGNING UNDER THE INFLUENCE Michael Bierut 192 PART NOTES Rob Giampietro 194 DESIGN OUT OF BOUNDS? Dan Nadel 198 DESIGNING THE REAL WORLD Al Robertson 201 INNOVATION AND RESTRAINT: THE BOOK DESIGNS OF RICHARD ECKERSLEY Roy R. Behrens 204 SECTION VI: GRAPHIC DESIGN AS IDEA 208 DUMB IDEAS Mr. Keedy 210 WONDERS REVEALED: DESIGN AND FAUX SCIENCE Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel 215 ED WORDS: RUSCHA IN PRINT Michael Dooley 220 VISITATIONS Denise Gonzales Crisp, Kali Nikitas, Louise Sandhaus 228 VISITATIONS REVISITED Rudy VanderLans 234 MAD DUTCH DISEASE: TEN PROPOSALS FOR A LECTURE ON DUTCH DESIGN Michael Rock 237 WHY DESIGNERS CAN THINK Ralph Caplan 247 BIOGRAPHIES 250 INDEX 253 Allworth,Press The final installment in this acclaimed series offers astute and controversial discussions on contemporary graphic design from 2001 to 2005. This collection of essays takes stock of the quality and profundity of graphic design writing published in professional and general interest design magazines, as well as on blogs and Internet journals. Prominent contributors include Milton Glaser, Maud Lavin, Ellen Lupton, Victor Margolin, Mr. Keedy, David Jury, Alice Twemlow, Steven Heller, Jessica Helfand, William Drenttel, Michael Bierut, Michael Dooley, Nick Curry, Emily King, and more. Among the important themes discussed: design as popular culture, design as art, politics, aesthetics, social responsibility, typography, the future of design, and more. Students, graphic designers beginning their careers, and veterans seeking fresh perspective will savor this anthology gathered from some of today's top graphic design writers and practitioners, as well as commentators from outside the profession. From the series that helped launch the design criticism movement and was the first to anthologize graphic design criticism from key sources, this volume promises to be the most provocative of all!Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

The final installment in this acclaimed series offers astute and controversial discussions on contemporary graphic design from 2001 to 2005.  This collection of essays takes stock of the quality and profundity of graphic design writing published in professional and general interest design magazines, as well as on blogs and Internet journals.

Prominent contributors include Milton Glaser, Maud Lavin, Ellen Lupton, Victor Margolin, Mr. Keedy, David Jury, Alice Twemlow, Steven Heller, Jessica Helfand, William Drenttel, Michael Bierut, Michael Dooley, Nick Curry, Emily King, and more.

Among the important themes discussed: design as popular culture, design as art, politics, aesthetics, social responsibility, typography, the future of design, and more. Students, graphic designers beginning their careers, and veterans seeking fresh perspective will savor this anthology gathered from some of today’s top graphic design writers and practitioners, as well as commentators from outside the profession. From the series that helped launch the design criticism movement and was the first to anthologize graphic design criticism from key sources, this volume promises to be the most provocative of all!