Rick Poynor
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Rick Poynor|Essays
Saul Leiter and the Typographic Fragment
In Saul Leiter's color photographs, the fragment is infinitely more mysterious and suggestive than the whole.
Rick Poynor|Essays
On Display: The Kirkland Museum
If I had to pick just one Denver museum to revisit, it would be the fabulous Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art.
Rick Poynor|Exposure
Exposure: Woman Mailing a Letter by Clifton R. Adams
The spell of vintage color
Rick Poynor|Essays
Man in a Bowler: Illustration after Magritte
By copying Magritte’s subject matter and method, illustrators ended up making a great artist look hackneyed.
Rick Poynor|Essays
In Response to An Anatomy of Uncriticism
Alexandra Lange’s article in Print about the sacred cows of graphic design sidesteps the issue it raises.
Rick Poynor|Essays
Career Prospects in the Pain Business
Freedom from Torture’s “torture recruitment” ads deliver perfectly calculated moments of cognitive dissonance.
Rick Poynor|Essays
Jan van Toorn: The World in a Calendar
Jan van Toorn’s provocative 1972/73 calendar for the printer Mart.Spruijt has been reprinted by a Dutch design company.
Rick Poynor|Essays
What Does Critical Writing Look Like?
A report on work by the first graduates from the Royal College of Art’s Critical Writing in Art & Design MA.
Rick Poynor|Essays
The Never-ending Struggle against Clutter
Clutter and design are inseparable as concepts because clutter is the negation of design.
Rick Poynor|Essays
Socialism and Modernity: A Hidden History
A new book documents the unfamiliar history of socialism and modernity in graphic design from former Yugoslavia.
Rick Poynor|Essays
A Dictionary of Surrealism and the Graphic Image
An alphabetical guide to graphic designers influenced by Surrealism and to some key Surrealist concepts.
Rick Poynor|Essays
Utopian Image: Politics and Posters
By celebrating political posters for their design do we collude with the established order they seek to challenge?