{"product_id":"9781350539945","title":"12 Flat Things An Experiment in Graphic Design History and Criticism","description":"\u003ch1\u003e12 Flat Things\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAn Experiment in Graphic Design History and Criticism\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNatalia Ilyin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesign \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e12 Flat Things\u003c\/i\u003e tells the stories of twelve visual artifacts chosen by twelve contemporary graphic designers. The designers each chose one piece that they feel is important to a young designer's understanding of graphic design's past, and this book peers into each selected artifact to find the stories it holds, the economic and social conditions of its creation, and its historical value to designers today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe grouping of objects and stories allows us to map the larger contexts of graphic design, creating a construct of global design history and its contexts. It is not “the” history-it is “a” history, proving that history is a malleable thing that can be viewed from multiple angles. By rejecting a focus on the work of famous Eurocentric designers, it situates designed artifacts in their design contexts, and relates those contexts to each other and to the larger world and provides a springboard for readers themselves to explore the history of design outside the traditional canon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e·         Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton - maps of Louise E. Jefferson\u003cbr\u003e·         Misha Beletsky – Centaur typeface\u003cbr\u003e·         Lorena Howard-Sheridan – photograph of a fossil\u003cbr\u003e·         Shruthi Manjula Balakrishna Kulkarni  - printed restaurant menu\u003cbr\u003e·         Yoon Soo Lee - flat pattern pieces for \u003ci\u003ejeogori\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e·         Kevin Yuen Kit Lo – the red square\u003cbr\u003e·         Saki Mafundikwa - typographic mask\u003cbr\u003e·         Ray Masaki - Calpis packaging\u003cbr\u003e·         Ziddi Msangi - Kanga cloth\u003cbr\u003e·         Lorilee Rager - I Am A Man poster\u003cbr\u003e·         Bahia Shehab - an illuminated page from a Qur'an\u003cbr\u003e·         Lucille Tenazas – signs on a street corner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNatalia Ilyin\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of Design, Design History and Criticism at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, USA and teaches courses in history, criticism, theory, design for social activism, transition design, complex systems, and semiotics of brand. She has received Cornish's \u003ci\u003eAward for Teaching Excellence \u003c\/i\u003etwice, and is Founding Faculty of the MFA in Graphic Design at Vermont College of Fine Arts, a CalArts affiliate. Natalia has also taught at Rhode Island School of Design, Yale University, The Cooper Union, and the University of Washington, and has acted as Critic for the MFA in Graphic Design at Yale University and Rhode Island School of Design. A former National Director of Programs for the American Institute of Graphic Arts in New York, she has also written several books, including \u003ci\u003eBlonde Like Me, Chasing the Perfect: Thoughts on Modernist Design in Our Time\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWriting for the Design Mind \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2019).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27 April 2028\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Visual Arts\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350539945\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53258941857932,"sku":"9781350539945","price":31.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350539945","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}