Archive for category: The death of graphic-design criticism

The long, slow, deserved death of “traditional” graphic-design criticism. Its practitioners will be the last to know

‘Eye’ visits Berlin, unnoticed    (2010.02.05)

Eye’s “Berlin special” is more like a series of blog posts, which, oddly, they also published

‘Command X’    (2009.12.29)

Michael Bierut again wows ’em hosting the “Command X” game show. Also! Closeted gay designers and porn. Yes

Jessica Jenkins’ tin eye    (2009.10.24)

Only Eye would publish a cultural interpretation of modern typography in which the only font identified by name isn’t even used in any of the samples

Title as punchline    (2009.09.13)

When you name your book Graphic Design Theory: Readings from the Field, isn’t that conceding defeat right there? (Is “the field” really where you’re gonna find “theory”?)

Mocking Design Observer (3)    (2009.08.18)

I give up

Mocking Design Observer (2)    (2009.08.14)

Is there a design site with worse typography?

Mocking Design Observer (1)    (2009.08.12)

What’s wrong with the new Design Observer? Let’s start a list with the fact its own readers dislike it

‘Eye’ 72    (2009.08.09)

All Bantjes all the time!