Rick Poynor
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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.
Rick Poynor|Exposure
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.
Rick Poynor|Exposure
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