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There's Nothing Funny About Design Observer

One Princeton Architectural Press author interviews another today over at Design Observer!Ellen Lupton, author of the seminal THINKING WITH TYPE and GRAPHIC DESIGN: THE NEW BASICS (amongst others), talks to David Barringer, winner of the 2008 Winterhouse Award for Design Writing, about his new book THERE S NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT DESIGN: Confronting ideas is part of what it means to be a graphic designer. And confronting ideas, intentions, symbols and meanings is critical to writing about graphic de...

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