Category: criticism

[This article was swiftly written as a provisional response to Rick Poynor’s article The Closed Shop of Design Academia which first appeared on Design Observer on April 13, 2012. The editors of DO had agreed in principle to publish my response, but shortly afterwards decided it should be confined to the comments section of Poynor’s article.… Continue reading Rick Poynor on ‘Design Academics’: Having His Cake and Eating It Too

This is the unedited version of a review I wrote of Kalle Lasn’s new book Design Anarchy (ORO Editions, 2006) for Eye magazine. He’s a West-coast sneaker marketer with one of the coolest brands around. He’s ironic and media-savvy, and he understands his target audience. He has a singular appreciation of the power of graphic… Continue reading Design Anarchy (Lasn, 2006) – Review

Last month I sat down and wrote a letter to the editor of PRINT magazine, taking their columnist Rick Poynor to task for a rather ill-considered article on the tired old debate about theory vs. practice in graphic design. The impetus for my letter was twofold: first, Poynor includes me in his indictment and, second,… Continue reading Your name in PRINT