Book Review: An Insular Profession

Bierut, M. , Drenttel, W. , Heller, S. and Holland, D. K. (eds) (1994) Looking Closer: Critical Writings on Graphic Design. New York: Allworth Press.

Bierut, M. , Drenttel, W. , Heller, S. and Holland, D. K. (eds) (1997) Looking Closer 2: Critical Writings on Graphic Design. New York: Allworth Press.

Bierut, Michael , Helfand, J. , Heller, S. and Poynor, R. (eds) (1999) Looking Closer 3: Classic Writings on Graphic Design. New York: Allworth Press.

Du Gay , Paul (ed.) (1997) Production of Culture/Cultures of Production. London/Buckingham: Sage/Open University.

Du Gay, P. and Pryke, M. (eds) (2002) Cultural Economy: Cultural Analysis and Commercial Life. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Friedman, M. (1989) ‘Opening a History’, in M. Friedman and P. Freshman (eds) Graphic Design in America: A Visual Language History, pp. 8-15. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center.

Helfand, Jessica (2001) Screen: Essays on Graphic Design, New Media, and Visual Culture. New York: Princeton Architectural Press.

Klein, Naomi (2000) No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies. New York: Picador.

Poynor, Rick (2001) Obey the Giant: Life in the Image World. London: August.

Soar, M. (2000) ‘Encoding Advertisements: Ideology and Meaning in Advertising Production’, Mass Communication & Society 3 (4) (Fall): 415-437.

Soar, M. (2002) ‘The First Things First Manifesto and the Question of Culture Jamming: Towards a Cultural Economy of Graphic Design and Advertising’, Cultural Studies 16(4).

Blauvelt, A. (ed.) (1994-5) ‘New Perspectives: Critical Histories of Graphic Design’, Visible Language 28(3), 28(4), 29(1).

Heller, S. and Finamore, M. (eds) (1997) Design Culture: An Anthology of Writing from the AIGA Journal of Graphic Design. New York: Allworth Press.

Lavin, M. (2001) Clean New World: Culture, Politics, and Graphic Design. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Ten Duis, L. and Haase, A. (ed.) (1999) De Wereld Moe(s)t Anders: Grafisch Ontwerpen en Idealism(The world must change: graphic design and idealism), Sandberg Publication No.18. Amsterdam: Sandberg Instituut/De Balie.

Van Toorn, J. (ed.) (1998) Design beyond Design: Critical Reflection and the Practice of Visual Communication. Maastricht: Jan van Eyck Akademie.