Theory + Criticism
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Rick Poynor|Essays
Read All That? You Must be Kidding Me
Ellen Lupton’s essay about reading and writing for Graphic Design: Now in Production misses some key points.
Rick Poynor|Essays
Another Design Voice Falls Silent
As design criticism takes off as a branch of academic study, design publications such as Grafik keep closing.
Rick Poynor|Essays
On My Shelf: Continuum’s 33 1/3 Series
The 33 1/3 books about classic albums are a perfect example of how design can help focus an editorial idea.
Rick Poynor|Essays
Did We Ever Stop Being Postmodern?
Like it or not, argues the V&A's exhibition about postmodernism and design, we are all postmodern now.
Rick Poynor|Essays
Should We Look at Corrosive Images?
What do violent photographs of war do to us as viewers?
Rick Poynor|Essays
A Swedish Perspective on Critical Practice
The Reader, a recent book from Stockholm about critical practice, has some smart insights while missing the bigger picture.
Alexandra Lange|Essays
Announcing LetsGetCritical.org
My new blog collects the best arts & culture criticism, essays and reviews.
Rick Poynor|Essays
The House That Design Journalism Built
Printed design magazines continue to fail and close. Where does that leave design writing and criticism?
Rick Poynor|Essays
Books Every Graphic Designer Should Read
The Designers & Books website has published my list of 20 indispensable books about graphic design.
Rick Poynor|Essays
Paul Stiff, the Reader’s Champion
For the late Paul Stiff, design educator, writer, editor and skeptic, typography must never neglect to serve the reader.
Alexandra Lange|Essays
Muddying the Waters
Explore New York's watery edges with the graduating class at D-Crit.
Andy Chen|Essays
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Cub
Is design strictly a set of rules?
