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Rick Poynor|Essays

In Response to An Anatomy of Uncriticism

Alexandra Lange’s article in Print about the sacred cows of graphic design sidesteps the issue it raises.

Rick Poynor|Exposure

Exposure: Striporama street scene by Vivian Maier

How good was the photographer nanny?

Rick Poynor|Essays

Career Prospects in the Pain Business

Freedom from Torture’s “torture recruitment” ads deliver perfectly calculated moments of cognitive dissonance.

Rick Poynor|Exposure

Exposure: Luigi Russolo’s Noise Machines

Sonic conjurors of experimental music

Rick Poynor|Essays

Jan van Toorn: The World in a Calendar

Jan van Toorn’s provocative 1972/73 calendar for the printer Mart.Spruijt has been reprinted by a Dutch design company.

Rick Poynor|Exposure

Exposure: Flypaper and Flies by Jacques-André Boiffard

A cold eye on insect carnage

Rick Poynor|Essays

What Does Critical Writing Look Like?

A report on work by the first graduates from the Royal College of Art’s Critical Writing in Art & Design MA.

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Exposure: The Eiffel Tower by Germaine Krull

A Paris icon made abstract

Rick Poynor|Essays

The Never-ending Struggle against Clutter

Clutter and design are inseparable as concepts because clutter is the negation of design.

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Exposure: American Family by Ralph Eugene Meatyard

The otherness of other people

Rick Poynor|Essays

Socialism and Modernity: A Hidden History

A new book documents the unfamiliar history of socialism and modernity in graphic design from former Yugoslavia.

Rick Poynor|Exposure

Exposure: Morandi’s Objects by Joel Meyerowitz

The sublime in ordinary things

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