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Looking closer 5 / edited by Michael Bierut, William Drenttel, and Steven Heller.
Publication details: New York : Allworth Press, ©2006.Description: xi, 243 pages ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781581154719
- 1581154712
- (pbk.)
- (pbk.)
- Critical writings on graphic design [Cover title]
- NC997 .L6334 2006
Contents:
Introduction / Steven Heller -- Section I. Graphic design as system : Grand unified theory of nothing: design, the cult of science, and the lure of big ideas / Randy Nakamura -- Towards critical autonomy, or can graphic design save itself? / Andrew Blauvelt -- Method designing: the paradox of modern design education / Jessica Helfand -- Painting the world pink / William Owen and Fenella Collingridge -- Default systems design: a discussion with Rob Giampietro about guilt and loss in graphic design / Rudy VanderLans -- The birth of the user / Ellen Lupton -- Quantum leap: beyond literal materiality / Johanna Drucker -- From the (A) trivial to the (B) deadly serious, lists dominate visual culture / Alice Twenlow -- Section II. Graphic design as culture : The beauty part / Rick Poynor -- The image culture / Christine Rosen -- Thinking inside the box: Aspen revisited / Emily King -- Where the girls go / Maud Lavin -- Graphic design in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art / Paola Antonelli -- American mutt / David Barringer -- Section III. Graphic design as fashion : The decriminalization of ornament / Alice Twenlow -- Style is not a four letter word / Mr. Keedy -- Not your grandmother's clenched fist / Phil Patton -- The shock of the old: rethinking nostalgia / Jessica Helfand -- Crimes against typography: the case of avant garde / Steven Heller -- Section IV. Graphic design as politics : A president and his dog / Karrie Jacobs -- The citizen designer / Victor Margolin -- Where public meets private: the Los Angeles Woman's Building / Teal Triggs -- Fighting the image wars / Steven Heller -- Human dignity and human rights: thoughts on the principles of human-centered design / Richard Buchanan -- Since then / Milton Glaser -- Raging bull / Rick Poynor -- Castles made of sand / Lorraine Wild -- My country is not a brand / William Drenttel -- Section V. Graphic design as passion : The cult of graphic design / Adrian Shaughnessy -- Graphic fantasies: reflections in the glass ceiling / Véronique Vienne -- Experimental typography: whatever that means / Peter Bilak -- Design as religion / Nick Currie -- Designing under the influence / Michael Bierut -- Part notes / Rob Giampietro -- Design out of bounds? / Dan Nadel -- Designing the real world / Al Robertson -- Innovation and restraint: the book designs of Richard Eckersley / Roy R. Behrens -- Section VI. Graphic design as idea : Dumb ideas / Mr. Keedy -- Wonders revealed: design and faux science / Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel -- Ed words: Ruscha in print / Michael Dooley -- Visitations / Denise Gonzales Crisp, Kali Nikitas, Louise Sandhaus -- Visitations revisited / Rudy VanderLans -- Mad Dutch disease: ten proposals for a lecture on Dutch design / Michael Rock -- Why designers can think / Ralph Caplan.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Non-fiction | Main Collection | NC 997 .L6334 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5153530 |
Browsing American University in Dubai shelves, Shelving location: Main Collection Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
| NC 997 .L63 1994 Looking closer 2 : critical writings on graphic design / | NC 997 .L633 1999 Looking closer 3, Classic writings on graphic design / | NC 997 .L6333 2002 Looking closer four: 4, Critical writings on graphic design / | NC 997 .L6334 2006 Looking closer 5 / | NC 997 .M234 2010 Art direction / | NC 997 .M24 2011 Visual language for designers : principles for creating graphics that people understand / | NC 997 .M36 1998 A smile in the mind : witty thinking in graphic design / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-239) and index.
Introduction / Steven Heller -- Section I. Graphic design as system : Grand unified theory of nothing: design, the cult of science, and the lure of big ideas / Randy Nakamura -- Towards critical autonomy, or can graphic design save itself? / Andrew Blauvelt -- Method designing: the paradox of modern design education / Jessica Helfand -- Painting the world pink / William Owen and Fenella Collingridge -- Default systems design: a discussion with Rob Giampietro about guilt and loss in graphic design / Rudy VanderLans -- The birth of the user / Ellen Lupton -- Quantum leap: beyond literal materiality / Johanna Drucker -- From the (A) trivial to the (B) deadly serious, lists dominate visual culture / Alice Twenlow -- Section II. Graphic design as culture : The beauty part / Rick Poynor -- The image culture / Christine Rosen -- Thinking inside the box: Aspen revisited / Emily King -- Where the girls go / Maud Lavin -- Graphic design in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art / Paola Antonelli -- American mutt / David Barringer -- Section III. Graphic design as fashion : The decriminalization of ornament / Alice Twenlow -- Style is not a four letter word / Mr. Keedy -- Not your grandmother's clenched fist / Phil Patton -- The shock of the old: rethinking nostalgia / Jessica Helfand -- Crimes against typography: the case of avant garde / Steven Heller -- Section IV. Graphic design as politics : A president and his dog / Karrie Jacobs -- The citizen designer / Victor Margolin -- Where public meets private: the Los Angeles Woman's Building / Teal Triggs -- Fighting the image wars / Steven Heller -- Human dignity and human rights: thoughts on the principles of human-centered design / Richard Buchanan -- Since then / Milton Glaser -- Raging bull / Rick Poynor -- Castles made of sand / Lorraine Wild -- My country is not a brand / William Drenttel -- Section V. Graphic design as passion : The cult of graphic design / Adrian Shaughnessy -- Graphic fantasies: reflections in the glass ceiling / Véronique Vienne -- Experimental typography: whatever that means / Peter Bilak -- Design as religion / Nick Currie -- Designing under the influence / Michael Bierut -- Part notes / Rob Giampietro -- Design out of bounds? / Dan Nadel -- Designing the real world / Al Robertson -- Innovation and restraint: the book designs of Richard Eckersley / Roy R. Behrens -- Section VI. Graphic design as idea : Dumb ideas / Mr. Keedy -- Wonders revealed: design and faux science / Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel -- Ed words: Ruscha in print / Michael Dooley -- Visitations / Denise Gonzales Crisp, Kali Nikitas, Louise Sandhaus -- Visitations revisited / Rudy VanderLans -- Mad Dutch disease: ten proposals for a lecture on Dutch design / Michael Rock -- Why designers can think / Ralph Caplan.
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