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Book reviews

Graphic design, mishmashed    (2010.03.18)

Not only is Graphic Design, Referenced disorganized, it’s barely written in English sometimes. (But love the hand-sketched illos)

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”?)

A ‘wayfinding’ book that doesn’t suck    (2009.09.07)

Finally. Since the rest of them pretty much do. But The Wayfinding Handbook by Gibson does not

‘The Language of Things’    (2009.07.31)

The Language of Things by Deyan Sudjic is all about flow. This is not a criticism

Robert Brownjohn quotes    (2009.07.31)

Quotes from Sex and Typography by Emily King

‘Do Good Design’    (2009.07.17)

Do Good Design by David Berman lays on the ethics a bit thick, I think

‘Women of Design’    (2009.06.27)

Why aren’t there more wymmynz in graphic design? This new book answers a nonsensical question

‘Save the Males’    (2009.02.24)

Not quite “Who wants crème brûlée?” but getting there. (Also: How to boss around a group of Cub Scouts.)