THERE'S NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT DESIGN

David Barringer

There's Nothing Funny About Design is a selection of David Barringer's writings since the publication of Emigre 68: American Mutt Barks in the Yard. It is a collection of design essays that approaches design culture in a literary and personal way, with humor and intentionally breaking forms (crossing and subverting definitions of literature, the critical essay, satire, poetry, personal reflections). The collection includes previously published essays (in magazine format), many of which are included in this volume in extended form, and a number of new, previously unpublished material (specifically in "The Business of Design" section).

2009 / 264 pp / 160 b+w images / 978-1-56898-828-3 / pb / $24.95