ericfheiman's review
4.0
I haven't seen the actual exhibition, but Now In Production is probably the most definitive attempt to codify contemporary graphic design practice in a long while. I can't say graphic design's shift to celebrating mostly practitioners who produce hermetic work that simply speaks to other designers (and a few artists, maybe) is reassuring, but at least the curators are more than willing to interrogate this trend.
(The design of the book may have conceptual heft, but there's no excuse for the teeny tiny caption font size, especially since the content is as rich as the main essays. Bring your magnifying glass!)
(The design of the book may have conceptual heft, but there's no excuse for the teeny tiny caption font size, especially since the content is as rich as the main essays. Bring your magnifying glass!)
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