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Looking closer. 4, Critical writings on graphic design / edited by Michael Bierut, William Drenttel and Steven Heller.

Contributor(s): Bierut, Michael [editor] | Drenttel, William [editor] | Heller, Steven [editor].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Allworth Press, 2002Description: xi, 291 pages ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1581152353 (paperback).Subject(s): Commercial art | Graphic arts | Art and societyDDC classification: 741.6
Contents:
To the barricades -- Culture agents -- Manifestos -- Critical languages -- State of the arts -- Authorship -- Meditations.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The most stimulating installment yet in the acclaimed Looking Closer series! This enthralling collection of essays assembles some of the most intriguing critical commentary published in professional and general interest design magazines from 1997 to 2000. Over thirty contributors, including Rick Poynor, Kathy McCoy, Lorraine Wild, Veronique Vienne, Jessica Helfand, and others discuss such important contemporary themes as the rise and fall of the dot.coms and its influence on salary expectations, the ongoing controversy over the First Things First Manifesto, the call for greater responsibility in the design profession, and the antibranding protests that ignited demonstrations during recent World Trade Organization meetings. From current events to design principles, and aesthetics to ethics, graphic designers everywhere will savor this anthology of fresh perspective.

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

To the barricades -- Culture agents -- Manifestos -- Critical languages -- State of the arts -- Authorship -- Meditations.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Acknowledgments (p. vii)
  • Introduction (p. ix)
  • To the Barricades
  • First Things First Manifesto 2000 (p. 5)
  • First Things First, a Brief History (p. 6)
  • First Things First: Now More Than Ever (p. 10)
  • Just Say No ... Quietly (p. 14)
  • Can Designers Save the World? (And Should They Try?) (p. 17)
  • The People V. the Corporate Cool Machine (p. 22)
  • A Manifesto with Ten Footnotes (p. 26)
  • A New Kind of Dialogue (p. 32)
  • The Spectacle: A Reevaluation of the Situationist thesis (p. 35)
  • On FTF (p. 42)
  • Culture Agents
  • Why Johnny Can't Dissent (p. 49)
  • Culture Agents (p. 57)
  • The Case for Brands (p. 61)
  • Truth in Advertising (p. 63)
  • Sustainable Consumerism (p. 66)
  • Don't Let the Buggers Grind You Down! (p. 75)
  • Saving Advertising (p. 77)
  • Saving Jelly (p. 88)
  • Reading at the Breakfast Table (p. 91)
  • Manifestos
  • Me, the Undersigned (p. 101)
  • An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth (p. 107)
  • Fuck Committees (I Believe in Lunatics) (p. 113)
  • The Vow of Chastity (p. 114)
  • Critical Languages
  • The Time for Being Against (p. 121)
  • Theory is a Good Idea (p. 131)
  • That Was Then, and This Is Now: but What Is Next? (p. 136)
  • What Happens When the Edges Dissolve? (p. 151)
  • The Trouble with Type (p. 154)
  • Is it Better to Revive than to Deceive? Design and Complicity: Herbert Buyer's Silent Legacy (p. 159)
  • De Stijl, New Media, and the Lessons of Geometry (p. 165)
  • The Critical "Languages" of Graphic Design (p. 168)
  • State of the Arts
  • Graphic Design and the Next Big Thing (p. 183)
  • Telling the Truth? (p. 188)
  • Who Needs Ethics (p. 190)
  • Human Dignity and Human Rights: Thoughts on the Principles of Human-Centered Design (p. 192)
  • A Manifesto of Inclusivism (p. 196)
  • Greasing the Wheels of Capitalism with Style and Taste, or, the "Professionalization" of American Graphic Design (p. 199)
  • No Problem (p. 207)
  • Terminal Terminology (p. 209)
  • The Hole in Art's Umbrella (p. 212)
  • Graphic News (p. 216)
  • Movie Titles: Much Ado about Little (p. 221)
  • The Name Game (p. 223)
  • Authorship
  • The Designer as Author (p. 237)
  • Battle of the Big Books (p. 245)
  • All Hail Mau the Magnificent (p. 249)
  • Half Empty (p. 251)
  • Lost in Sound (p. 254)
  • Meditations
  • Getting Real (p. 267)
  • Least Designed and Most Read (p. 270)
  • The Handwriting Is on the Wall, but Who Can Read It? (p. 272)
  • Let the Buyer Beware (p. 274)
  • Beige (p. 276)
  • The Flag Waverer (p. 278)
  • Contributors (p. 281)
  • Index (p. 287)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Steven Heller is co-chair of the MFA Design: Designer as Author+Entrepreneur program at New York's School of Visual Arts. He is the author, editor and co-editor of more than one hundred books on design and popular culture.