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.
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!
“Design’s Just Dessert” at AIGA Voice
A new essay, “Design’s Just Dessert,” has been posted at Voice: the AIGA Journal of Design. The essay is the second “bonus track” (the first was “I Believe in Design” at Design Observer) from the “Volume” sessions—written along with the new essays for the book but not to be included. Big thanks to ODU design [...]
Volume update
The manuscript of Volume has been delivered to the publisher, Princeton Architectural Press, and is in the process of editing. The projected publication date is August 2010. Some of the writings mentioned previously have been retitled and a revised track listing is given below, with word counts. However, some previously published works have been substantially [...]

