A final cover design has been selected for my upcoming book Volume; Writings on Graphic Design, Music, Art, and Culture. The design and concept is by my teaching colleague, Jiwon Lee. He arranged and photographed an assortment of artifacts from my office.
Kenneth on Authenticity
I will be participating in the the North Carolina State Master of Graphic Design graduate symposium, Design, Community, and the Rhetoric of Authenticity, January 22–23, 2010. I am a member of the panel for “New Kids, Sell Outs and Celebrity Suicides,” with Elliott Earls, Artist in Residence of 2D Design at Cranbrook Academy of Art, [...]
Has design been “Dirty?”
I’ve posted two relatively lengthy responses to a new essay by Steven Heller, “The Decade of Dirty Design,” at Voice: AIGA Journal of Design. I contend that the label doesn’t encompass the entirety of design activity, focusing on a singular but not definitive exponent of design activity. I first offer a deliberately provocative (and arguably [...]
Samizdat Essays
Derek Munn over at RageHaus has self-published a trio of limited-edition booklets featuring some of my design writing for Emigre. Remastered versions of the essays will appear in the upcoming Volume. Check out the work here. Thanks Derek!
