What Are The New Liberal Arts?

“A British comedy movie…”

Mods vs. Rockers

“Martino is extremely social and his designs grow from and respond to social situations,” observed the design historian Emily King. “He builds things quickly out of the available materials to meet the need at hand. And he’s demonstrated that making one-offs can be a meaningful part of design practice, not higher, or more like art, just singular.”

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“I’m trying to run a tight ship,” Will Oldham said when he came to the door.”

Criterion: Two-Lane Blacktop Essay

“Lustig created monuments of ingenuity and objects of aesthetic pleasure. Whereas graphic design history is replete with artifacts that define certain disciplines and are also works of art, for a design to be so considered it must overcome the vicissitudes of fashion and be accepted as an integral part of the visual language.” — Steven Heller