Nothing is perfect; perfect is nothing.
In his last year, Josef Müller-Brockmann gave a lecture in Mexico on his work. The renowned Swiss designer brought down the house with his final slide—which was blank. “This is my best piece of work,” intoned Müller-Brockmann. According to biographer Kerry William Purcell in his 2008 monograph, Josef Müller-Brockmann (Phaidon), [...]
U & M-B
Volume dropping!
My book Volume: Writings on Graphic Design, Music, Art, and Culture drops from Princeton Architectural Press on July 21, 2010. The collection presents 29 new and classic text tracks covering critical essays, speculations, polemics, memoirs, ficciones, and more about and around the subtitled topics. In addition to my extensive introduction, the book also features “Liner [...]
Volume has a cover
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.
I Proclaim You Cultish
For Eye magazine’s summer 2009 “Agenda” section, Steven Heller produced another cult alert. By titling the piece “Cult of the Squiggly,” he obviously meant to invoke his earlier, infamous “Cult of the Ugly” essay. It’s a fair reference: both articles decry and advocate suppression of anti-Modern graphic design phenomena Heller deems disadvantageous to the field. [...]
