I’ve been nominated for a 2012 National Design Award from the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in the category of “Design Mind.” “First launched in 2000 as an official project of the White House Millennium Council, the annual National Design Awards program celebrates design in various disciplines as a vital humanistic tool in shaping the world, [...]
On Brand Bible Blogumentary
My visit last February to the Master of Professional Studies in Branding at the School of Visual Arts in New York was documented at the RockPaperInk website in the “Brand Bible Blogumentary” post “Advice from Kenneth FitzGerald.” Thanks to program chair Debbie Millman for the invitation and post, and to her welcoming and inspiring students!
Volume reviewed and recommended at DO
The Design Observer blog currently features a review of Volume by graphic designer and writer Adrian Shaughnessy (author of How to Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul and Graphic Design: A Users Manual), who deems the book to be (amongst many other gratifying comments) “an important addition to the library of graphic design [...]
At CAA
I will be presenting at the College Art Association annual conference in New York in February 2011. My paper, “Implosure,” will conclude the panel “What’s Art Got to Do With It? Design Writing in the Twenty-First Century,” chaired by Elizabeth Guffey, Purchase College, State University of New York; and Alice Twemlow, School of Visual Arts. [...]
