{"product_id":"graphic-designers-after-graphic-design","title":"Graphic Designers After Graphic Design","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating exploration of contemporary designers who are redefining what it means to be a graphic designer, offering a vibrant celebration and an inspirational reimagining of the medium for students, professionals, and educators in the field.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing from his popular podcast \u003ci\u003eScratching the Surface\u003c\/i\u003e, Jarrett Fuller profiles more than 20 graphic designers who have taken the skills acquired through education and on-the-job experience to create new types of practices, working outside traditional commercial contexts. Reimagine what graphic design can mean when viewed through the lens of publisher, programmer, activist, artist, and more. Each chapter features a series of short profiles, an in-depth interview, and a visual exploration of one designer’s work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluding both emerging and midcareer practitioners from around the world, \u003ci\u003eGraphic Designers After Graphic Design\u003c\/i\u003e showcases a wide variety of innovative creatives who have embraced graphic design’s blurry edges. In both text and images, we meet designers such as:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNina Paim, who runs Bikini Books, a small publishing platform for feminist thought.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTiger Dingsun, whose interest in critical theory and psychoanalysis shapes his work in design, writing, and programming.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBenedetta Crippa, whose research into visual sustainability is changing how we might think in the face of the climate crisis.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSarah Saleh, who sees her work as collage, whether it’s a video piece, a live DJ set, or text-based images.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNa Kim, whose large-scale installations turn the tables on how the principles of design are executed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd many more.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eA foreword by renowned graphic designer, curator, and educator Ellen Lupton shows how the tools, media, and mindsets of graphic design have laid the foundation for persisting beyond “a profession forever threatening to expire . . . doing work in the invisible spaces between form and content, art and commerce, layout and editing.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePOPULAR DESIGN PODCAST: \u003ci\u003eScratching the Surface\u003c\/i\u003e, named one of the best design podcasts by \u003ci\u003eArchitectural Digest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDezeen\u003c\/i\u003e, is a forum of thoughtful and informal discussions around contemporary design practice. It has featured interviews with leading figures in design and architecture, including Michael Bierut, Jessica Helfand, Ellen Lupton, Rick Poynor, Rudy VanderLans, Reinier de Graaf, Paul Goldberger, and Karrie Jacobs, as well as emerging voices like Hannah Ellis, Jerome Harris, Theo Inglis, Kate Wagner, and Jenny Odell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEXPERT AUTHOR: Jarrett Fuller is a well-known designer, writer, educator, editor, and podcaster. The director of twenty-six, an independent design and editorial studio, he is a contributing editor at AIGA Eye on Design, and has been published in \u003ci\u003eEye Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDesign Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCurbed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFast Company\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e, among other notable media outlets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFOREWORD BY INDUSTRY INFLUENCER: Ellen Lupton, educator and author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThinking with Type \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGraphic Design: New Basics\u003c\/i\u003e, contributed the foreword. Known for her mix of authority and playfulness, Lupton directs MICA’s MFA in Graphic Design program while her Instagram persona, “Type Mom,” helps her share approachable design lessons with followers worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chronicle Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44168685158493,"sku":"9781797233956","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.chroniclebooks.com\/products\/graphic-designers-after-graphic-design","provider":"Chronicle Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}