tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17027326361633517872024-03-05T17:14:23.183-08:00BarringerThe writing and design blog of David BarringerDavid Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-92041124756985741622010-08-29T09:49:00.001-07:002010-08-29T10:00:12.883-07:00New 10-year Anniversary Website<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7LbR7_lQnBW8-HH8rDbnZ5OOMn7p6Z24gXd2Atga7rAwHRvh4JWFL7Xe6cXA5F_oqvV_OGXAQFOYgbk1iLbOQHvFJHnO1ee_c8-3FdIsmXvXUYhinaQ_7rQBw2ix7-y0xawSlTYPTUhbp/s1600/dB-sitemap-graphic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7LbR7_lQnBW8-HH8rDbnZ5OOMn7p6Z24gXd2Atga7rAwHRvh4JWFL7Xe6cXA5F_oqvV_OGXAQFOYgbk1iLbOQHvFJHnO1ee_c8-3FdIsmXvXUYhinaQ_7rQBw2ix7-y0xawSlTYPTUhbp/s320/dB-sitemap-graphic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510877088046959634" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.justinkropp.com/">Justin Kropp</a> is redesigning my website. It needs it, desperately. I've had this website for over ten years now, and I've designed all the past iterations. You can tell. So finally a real website designer who knows what he's doing is giving my site a serious overall. There will be an online store with shopping-cart technology, all new photos and text, and little things like constantly updated blog posts and Tweets and whatever else Justin's got up his sleeve. I will be putting new products to buy online as well. I hope to include a couple new posters and possibly even a new book, but we'll see. First things first. The new website cometh shortly....</span>David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-67061595270913450522010-06-23T07:30:00.000-07:002010-06-23T07:46:55.664-07:00Essay at Voice, Audio Interview for Australia Radio<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtd7Zx7WMe0tkRcOKuAf9E0TJluv6KX_nS1YsqEqdbgWLRLdtwiy04eJGQ1DqrMHHOCsllqdfCMvVF772WSDoelPHHRxebl1JOg_R-XtvyDTL2f181jTKiAz4aF-Lsqi-572aJlz6KnZd/s1600/49.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtd7Zx7WMe0tkRcOKuAf9E0TJluv6KX_nS1YsqEqdbgWLRLdtwiy04eJGQ1DqrMHHOCsllqdfCMvVF772WSDoelPHHRxebl1JOg_R-XtvyDTL2f181jTKiAz4aF-Lsqi-572aJlz6KnZd/s320/49.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485976981066950290" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It's been nearly six months since I published a design essay at Voice (or anywhere else). I've been teaching and lecturing and trying to write a novel. So here's an essay at Voice, finally. I derived and edited "</span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/the-mind-moves-the-world">The Mind Moves the World</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">" from the last section of a 45-minute lecture. I've given the lecture twice, and I keep editing it.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />Also, Alan Saunders of ABC Radio in Australia interviewed me on his design program. They called the interview, "</span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bydesign/stories/2010/2931018.htm">Design as Thinking, and Design as Literature</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">." It's available online, and it's short, less than fifteen minutes, I think.</span>David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-88481871022946651652010-05-21T07:54:00.000-07:002010-05-21T07:59:57.964-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.wordriot.org/wrp/whats-your-exit"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp4pcSCaYVZElsK6e_GeZKRdCl2c-5EyzsDC0JECpPtZ81oU7m8_eZk4sNkEl-HcTefoR0dU9j_xGVlDmNGfyS0pVPx531vnI7zEHL27BZbffxRtme5P-wVwQllu8mzijTSiOotzHaaHB-/s320/WhatsYourExit_COVER+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473737056171442562" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I designed the cover (with photos by Lauren Vallese) and the interior of the New Jersey Literary anthology <span style="font-style: italic;">What's Your Exit?</span> The first run has already sold out. You can preorder from the next run at a discount at </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.wordriot.org/wrp/whats-your-exit">Word Riot Press</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. It's 326 pages, 6x9, $25 retail, discounted to $20 from Word Riot. Contributors: Robert Pinsky, Joyce Carol Oates, Tom Perrotta, J. Robert Lennon, Alicia Ostriker, Gerald Stern, Jason Biggs, James Hoch, Louise DeSalvo, and on and on. Big book, good deal, all NJ, all the time.</span> And, yes, the bar code is in the shape of New Jersey.David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-58863226067456799742010-05-21T07:27:00.000-07:002010-05-21T07:28:10.914-07:00SVA D-Crit Lecture Now Online<object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11815298&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11815298&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/11815298">David Barringer, “Design As Literature: The Changing Shape of the Novel”</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1496386">D-Crit</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-59440632448960620912010-04-09T13:52:00.000-07:002010-04-09T14:44:22.256-07:00Barringer Update: Lectures, Travel, Book<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ACc5gJZXMa8C0EeC2fW3WUx1KkPA6WBpzqWAARQIy2zn0TJk-xkoiYQ21x5nM_UiOenyZ1G0xuxOijwItot4bOpx6QKrjCKtYNrIAlCMnzZbc5-7SKwBb7o6fi9YiaRmsUX7JFdqeW1O/s1600/Nothing-Funny_Cover-10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ACc5gJZXMa8C0EeC2fW3WUx1KkPA6WBpzqWAARQIy2zn0TJk-xkoiYQ21x5nM_UiOenyZ1G0xuxOijwItot4bOpx6QKrjCKtYNrIAlCMnzZbc5-7SKwBb7o6fi9YiaRmsUX7JFdqeW1O/s320/Nothing-Funny_Cover-10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458248462553206402" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Here's an update of things I'm doing and nice things people have said about the book.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />1. I'm teaching a </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://micadesign.org/2009/12/crt5618-01-thesis-writing-and-research/">senior-thesis class</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> at MICA this term. I visit for the last time on April 18. It's been wonderful. I have probably overwhelmed the students.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />2. I lecture as part of the </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://dcrit.sva.edu/view/events/lecture-with-david-barringer/">D-Crit lecture</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> series in NY on April 20. I'll be in NYC through April 25.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />3. I do a studio visit at </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://ncsudesign.org/content/">NC State</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> in Raleigh, NC, on May 4.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />4. I visit </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.living-arts-college.edu/about_thecollege.htm">Living Arts College</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> in Raleigh, NC, on May 5, for studio visits and a talk.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />5. "Finally, I've finished reading </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">There's Nothing Funny About Design</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. First copy went to someone in Istanbul, second one went to Canada, but I hung on to the third one and read it with a big smile on my face. The reading was a truly pleasurable experience. It is unlike any design book on the market. Without being didactic, it taught me more than many of the design books out there. Your writing shines. I felt like I was reading a book of stories. Great stuff."—</span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.ulaydesign.com/">Faruk Ulay</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />6. "I highly recommend this to anyone who considers themselves creative. Being a designer, I’m a sucker for visuals and rarely have time to sit down and read a book that has no images. I’m currently half way through this book, and I really encourage designers to read about design instead of always looking at pretty pictures."—</span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://design-milk.com/we-heart-books/">Design Milk</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />7. "Dave Barringer’s </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">There’s Nothing Funny About Design</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> is twice as good as most experimental creative nonfiction lyric whatchamacallits."—Daniel Nester, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pankmagazine.com/pankblog/?m=201001">Pank</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />8. Please check out this nice handwritten blog, and nice </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://designerslibrary.typepad.com/designers_library/2010/02/theres-nothing-funny-about-design-by-david-barringer.html">handwritten note</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> about the book, at "Designer's Library."</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />9. "</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">There’s Nothing Funny About Design</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">: Essays that are sometimes about design but always laugh-out-loud hilarious by design’s greatest contemporary wit, David Barringer."—Alissa, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.gelatobaby.com/2009/11/03/city-walks-in-id/">Gelatobaby</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />10. "Barringer is a freelance author, graphic designer and artist, and this collection of his essays reveals the ubiquitous influence of visual design on our everyday lives. Written for fellow designers and artists, these pieces analyze the design aspects of everything from the product names of prescription drugs to evolution and the shape of the human skull. The author uses generous helpings of humor as well as illustrations and photographs to support his observations."—</span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.booknews.com/ref_issues/ref_aug2009/princarc1.html">Book News</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Inc.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />11. "Few writers can speak about graphic design with the alacrity and sharp-tongued criticism of the self-taught David Barringer. This collection of essays on everything from the letter X to DVD covers bristles with energy and metaphoric prose."—Brian Fichtner, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.coolhunting.com/culture/cool-huntings-s.php">Cool Hunting</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />12. "Barringer devotes Part I to these often quirky essays and articles, while Part II offers a wry self-help guide, namely the </span><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Live Well Now! Brainbook</i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, designed to enhance 'identity science,' which Barringer notes is at once 'grammatically awkward but scary effective.' The spoof includes charts, graphics and a self-acceptance certificate, as well as a section on design of the self, all of it pointing to Barringer’s rich imagination. The third section is yet another spoof, sort of, in this case rekindling the form of the rulebooks from the past, including Ben Franklin’s </span><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Poor Richard’s Almanac</i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">; the guide ostensibly directs young designers through sections on temperament, penmanship, collaboration, clients and so on, but again achieves something else indirectly, in this case performing a curious form of commentary through humor."—</span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/designed-for-summer-reading">Holly Willis</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />13. "David Barringer is surely one of our best and funniest writers on design. He talks with Rich Fisher about his collection of essays, </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">There's Nothing Funny About Design</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> (Princeton Architectural Press), which critically examines everyday design from the 'promiscuousness of the letter X in our culture,' to how the cautionary colors of red and yellow have been adopted by the fast food industry, to how evolution is portrayed with fish symbols and the ape-to-man chart."—Rich Fisher, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kwgs/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1547406">Public Radio Tulsa</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, KWGS</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />14. Other interviews: at </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://observatory.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=8647">Design Observer</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.aigacharlotte.org/blog/post/60">AIGA Charlotte</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, and </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.36point.com/articles/2009/11/the-reflex-blue-show-season-2-6.html">36 Point</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />15. And here are some </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.amazon.com/Theres-Nothing-Funny-About-Design/product-reviews/1568988281/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1">customer reviews</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">: "an outstanding survey of a wide range of design puzzlers perfect for any general or college-level library strong in arts and design"; </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />"shows designers and non-designers (whichever you may be) why and what design means to him, and in the end, you see it in a fresh light yourself"; </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />"I put this in the same category as Miranda July's </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Learning to Love You More</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and Matt Madden's </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">99 Ways to Tell a Story</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"; </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />"Barringer combines his unique brand of humor and appreciable perspective in a way that gave this outsider a fascinating view into the world of design"; </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />"an original and seriously funny take on design...there's enough solid wisdom here to engage an experienced designer and enough wit to keep a non-designer happy"; </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />"one of the best design books out there...his prose is well crafted and elegant"; </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />"David Barringer is that rare species in our (often provincial) United States of America: a Renaiassance man. His mind goes in many directions; and his imagination connects what he finds in in original ways. The fact that he writes down the resulting thoughts is a gift to us all. His book </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">There's Nothing Funny About Design</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> tackles the issue in a fresh, quirky and irreverent way. He challenges the reader to stretch his or her mind, but never condescends to his audience. We could use more barrier-busting books like this."<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />The book is available at any online bookseller. Gratzi.</span><br /></span>David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-14301516815636559092010-02-08T12:52:00.001-08:002010-02-08T13:03:27.619-08:00Trip to MICA Moved to Valentine's Day Weekend<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Because of the snowstorm on the East Coast, I moved my trip to MICA to Sunday, Feb. 14, through Monday, Feb. 15. Happy Valentine's Day, Baltimore.</span>David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-81263656627449844142010-02-02T07:01:00.000-08:002010-02-02T07:11:40.670-08:00Barringer in Baltimore 2/7 and 2/8 at MICA<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">So this weekend, I'm off to teach at <a href="http://www.mica.edu/">MICA</a>, in Baltimore, for the first of three visits as a visiting critic. The course is taught by Ellen Lupton, and it's called </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://micadesign.org/2009/12/crt5618-01-thesis-writing-and-research/">Thesis Writing and Research</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"In this three-credit Critical Studies course for graphic design graduate students in their thesis year, a prominent design writer will work with students on shaping the content, message, and written component of their thesis work. This will be achieved through a combination of on-campus visits and online feedback on written and visual work. Class meetings will combine group critiques, individual meetings, and discussion of readings."<br /><br />.......................<br /><br />I also travel to Nashville on February 19. I'll be speaking at <a href="http://www.lipscomb.edu/">Lipscombe University</a>.<br /></span>David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-11639397921048956772009-12-15T17:33:00.000-08:002009-12-15T17:43:41.537-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKVVldxEkuGkYlKxjlY0Uy3bJoJC0Q_MKqdfCFee63Rko_jDIoc5OMFsfog8zc3VLvBaHF28aph3hKVC7dRBi4Zc6oaTZRZudX5pqW2WUuETrEb4PaJcnznXoUVS1lmI4KhnlM9Yb__lL/s1600-h/ID+RIP.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKVVldxEkuGkYlKxjlY0Uy3bJoJC0Q_MKqdfCFee63Rko_jDIoc5OMFsfog8zc3VLvBaHF28aph3hKVC7dRBi4Zc6oaTZRZudX5pqW2WUuETrEb4PaJcnznXoUVS1lmI4KhnlM9Yb__lL/s320/ID+RIP.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415641227113514018" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sadly, a magazine </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/cliff-kuang/design-innovation/breaking-after-55-years-id-magazine-design-bible-folds?1260909675">ends</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. Farewell to I.D. The oldest design magazine in the country, it was 55 years old. It was one of the few design magazines I wrote for, at least when Julie Lasky was editor. Julie and several other editors wisely jumped ship last year amid increasing cuts in staff and budget. I reconnected with editors there recently and was in the middle of writing an article on the trend in the creative use of paper in art and design. I haven't heard from them in a while, and this would explain why. I can already hear the e-stampede of mid-article freelancers sending their ill-fated I.D. stories to AIGA's Voice and Design Observer; I will likely be one of them. I always loved the elegant layout of I.D., how all that white space increased the importance of what they included. Now, it's all white space.... Hopefully they'll archive all back issues online.</span>David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-45482176725897558002009-12-02T09:00:00.000-08:002009-12-02T10:13:25.751-08:00Where to Buy Barringer Books<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnmqtt6_-mdpgE0eitcju4luP5qogWBbATlxdGSZJmzc0UQoHZFKDzIwxB6Zjzwr6bYDSNC4Yu0q25bltmOD-81nIxPdgb4cMrxGm2KcFLNz0EvPNogLc2iylffDiiKdf1TI6SajLuHGGk/s1600-h/Books+for+blog+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 192px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnmqtt6_-mdpgE0eitcju4luP5qogWBbATlxdGSZJmzc0UQoHZFKDzIwxB6Zjzwr6bYDSNC4Yu0q25bltmOD-81nIxPdgb4cMrxGm2KcFLNz0EvPNogLc2iylffDiiKdf1TI6SajLuHGGk/s320/Books+for+blog+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410691175026001586" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">People have been asking where they can buy my books. It varies a bit. You can always check my </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.davidbarringer.com/Order.html">website</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, type my name into </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.amazon.com/Barringers-Books/lm/R3NZNXU41IVSCD/ref=cm_lmt_srch_f_1_rsrsrs0">Amazon</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> or </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.powells.com/s?header=Search+Form&kw=david+barringer">Powells</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, or even </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.davidbarringer.com/Contact.html">email me</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> directly. Otherwise, here's a quick list of links for each book.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />1. </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">There's Nothing Funny About Design</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ($18-25): </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.amazon.com/Theres-Nothing-Funny-About-Design/dp/1568988281/ref=cm_lmf_tit_9_rsrsrs0">Amazon</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.powells.com/s?header=Search+Form&kw=david+barringer">Powells</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Theres-Nothing-Funny-about-Design/David-Barringer/e/9781568988283/?itm=1&USRI=david+barringer">Barnes & Noble</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://papress.com/html/book.details.page.tpl?cart=125977583364741&isbn=9781568988283">Princeton</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/main,book-info/store,books/products_id,7825/title,Theres-Nothing-Funny-About-Design/">Chronicle</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. It's even in some bookstores, like Barnes & Noble.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />2. </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">American Home Life</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ($12): new copies at </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780977815128-0">Powells</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, from </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.davidbarringer.com/Order.html">me</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, and from the </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.sonewpublishing.com/catalog/american-home-life">publisher</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">; other copies through resellers at </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.amazon.com/Barringers-Books/lm/R3NZNXU41IVSCD/ref=cm_lmt_srch_f_1_rsrsrs0">Amazon</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />3. </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Johnny Red</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ($7-16): </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.amazon.com/Barringers-Books/lm/R3NZNXU41IVSCD/ref=cm_lmt_srch_f_1_rsrsrs0">Amazon</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780972820097-1">Powells</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, the </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.wordriot.org/press/template.php?ID=10">publisher</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, and </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.davidbarringer.com/Order.html">me</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />4. </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">What Happened to Us These Last Couple Years?</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ($20): </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780977815180-0">Powells</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, and me </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://davidbarringer.blogspot.com/2008/11/stunning-and-original-record-of.html">here </a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">and </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.davidbarringer.com/Order.html">here</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />5.</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Opium Magazine</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">: </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://opiummagazine.com/opium9/">current issue 9</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and back issues at </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://shop.opiummagazine.com/main.sc;jsessionid=C3F3A2D20E8ABD97AADFF3EE125E6220.qscstrfrnt01">Opium</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">; Opium 3 at </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.amazon.com/Opium3-Junkyard-Arresting-Delight-Various/dp/0978872932/ref=cm_lmf_tit_8_rsrsrs0">Amazon</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">; back issues 3, 5 and 6 from </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.davidbarringer.com/Order.html">me</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />6. </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Unbound</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ($25 or $4.99): This is the book on the future of the legal industry, with info </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.unboundlegal.net/">here</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">; purchase it through the </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.unboundlegal.net/">publisher</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">; at Amazon in </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.amazon.com/UNBOUND-Entrepreneurship-Dramatically-Transforming-Services/dp/097781517X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259776492&sr=1-1">hardcover</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> or </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.amazon.com/UNBOUND-Entrepreneurship-Dramatically-Transforming-ebook/dp/B002PAQB10/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2">Kindle</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">; can also get a signed copy from </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.davidbarringer.com/Order.html">me</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />7. The Dead Bug Funeral Kit ($20): there are only five left, available through </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.davidbarringer.com/Order.html">me</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />8. </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">American Mutt Barks in the Yard: Emigre 68</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">: This is pretty much sold out. New and used copies are at </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.amazon.com/Emigre-American-Mutt-Barks-Yard/dp/1568984863/ref=cm_lmf_tit_3_rsrsrs0">Amazon</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. They are expensive. A few pages of American Mutt are reprinted in Emigre 70, a best-of collection (see post below). That's at </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.amazon.com/Emigre-No-Look-Back-Issue/dp/1584233672/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259776730&sr=8-1">Amazon </a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">and </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://emigre.com/EB.php?id=125">Emigre</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />9. </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We Were Ugly So We Made Beautiful Things</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ($7-8, Kindle $2.50): </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.amazon.com/Barringers-Books/lm/R3NZNXU41IVSCD/ref=cm_lmt_srch_f_1_rsrsrs0">Amazon</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.powells.com/s?header=Search+Form&kw=david+barringer">Powells</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/We-Were-Ugly-so-We-Made-Beautiful-Things/David-Barringer/e/9780972820035/?itm=3&USRI=david+barringer">Barnes and Noble</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://wordriot.org/press/template.php?ID=4">Word Riot</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />10. </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Leap and Other Mistakes</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ($10-35): I took this out of print way over a year ago, but for some reason you can still find new (and of course used) copies at </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?qwork=3818989&matches=5&author=david+barringer&cm_re=works*listing*title">Alibris</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.amazon.com/Leap-Other-Mistakes-David-Barringer/dp/0738850977/ref=cm_lmf_tit_6_rsrsrs0">Amazon</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, and </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Leap-and-Other-Mistakes/David-Barringer/e/9780738850979/?itm=2&USRI=david+barringer">Barnes&Noble</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. I don't get any royalties for these, so I don't know what's going on.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />11. Other stuff, like the Writer's Specimen, Picasso Plates, postcards, posters, and more, can be had through me at </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.davidbarringer.com/Order.html">my site</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span>David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-28438027149802389342009-12-01T20:17:00.000-08:002009-12-01T20:26:12.794-08:00Moon Ring<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC32t1YGchRCBbOLg8VGSnrTCefQ4f5BjVUMTRS3viC5RpYvN21madbOZclpM0aOKVACk8ii9KCcYkDpXpNK3K7jv0FJTw-iI6DoM50lVh8Fl1RWCiUBC5YulWKQgqeNaA1vEZTvX2xi7V/s1600-h/Moon_small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC32t1YGchRCBbOLg8VGSnrTCefQ4f5BjVUMTRS3viC5RpYvN21madbOZclpM0aOKVACk8ii9KCcYkDpXpNK3K7jv0FJTw-iI6DoM50lVh8Fl1RWCiUBC5YulWKQgqeNaA1vEZTvX2xi7V/s320/Moon_small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410488234054006306" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tonight, December 1, a ring surrounded the moon. Turns out it's common. Moonlight (sunlight bouncing off the moon) is refracted by ice crystals in the atmosphere, which focuses the light into a ring.</span>David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-5749132621688570822009-12-01T11:34:00.000-08:002009-12-01T11:47:09.402-08:00Emigre 70<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_HUoLQHmvjM7T04xgVIbdgjEell-2xbMxW_cUVHs21UMXFtnuY5C1x82-H2EUD5oeXPl7z6Qkq1kdcd_Cojl7NB44_gFK9lnc2_BJU8_cbCfU2m2VyaTb1eA2Vwx5abg1qDPfrAYtUCPT/s1600/emigre+70+back+cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_HUoLQHmvjM7T04xgVIbdgjEell-2xbMxW_cUVHs21UMXFtnuY5C1x82-H2EUD5oeXPl7z6Qkq1kdcd_Cojl7NB44_gFK9lnc2_BJU8_cbCfU2m2VyaTb1eA2Vwx5abg1qDPfrAYtUCPT/s320/emigre+70+back+cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410353767755526578" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It's crazy lovely that my contribution to Emigre, </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">American Mutt Barks in the Yard: Emigre 68</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, sits atop the stack on the back cover of the new </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://emigre.com/EB.php?id=125">Emigre 70</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. It's the "Look Back" issue, a 512-page best-of volume of Emigre magazine. It's an amazing book (it's on my gift list), and it's surreal that my little bright-blue book is right there on the back. (An excerpt is in the big book, too.) I think my Emigre 68 is like the drum solo when the rest of the band takes a breather and gets a drink before they come out and close the concert with the anthem of Emigre 69, the last issue. Then, in the darkness and the applause, the band returns for the grand-finale encore of Emigre 70, a remixed crowd-pleaser of greatest hits. Put 70 on your gift list.</span>David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-53438038283338913192009-11-29T14:58:00.000-08:002009-11-29T15:15:12.089-08:00New Interview, New Book Kudos<a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.36point.com/articles/2009/11/the-reflex-blue-show-season-2-6.html"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">There's Nothing Funny About Design</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> was included in <span style="font-style: italic;">I.D. Magazine</span>'s roundup of contributors' books in their November issue. Alissa Walker, a writer and blogger (at gelatobaby.com), has a shot of the I.D. page </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.gelatobaby.com/2009/11/03/city-walks-in-id/">here</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, as well as a super nice comment about yours truly:</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />"</span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://papress.com/html/book.details.page.tpl?cart=124629757268781&isbn=9781568988283" target="_blank"><strong><em>There’s Nothing Funny About Design</em></strong></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">: Essays that are sometimes about design but always laugh-out-loud hilarious by design’s greatest contemporary wit, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.davidbarringer.com/" target="_blank">David Barringer</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">."</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />Nothing Funny</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> also received a quick mention in </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">How Magazine</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">'s October issue: "Fresh and funny essays from the winner of the 2008 AIGA Winterhouse Award for design writing."</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.36point.com/articles/2009/11/the-reflex-blue-show-season-2-6.html">My interview</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> with Nate Voss of Omaha is available at 36 Point. Here's their intro:</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />"We got word that </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.davidbarringer.com/">David Barringer</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> was coming through Omaha to judge the </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://nebraska.aiga.org/">AIGA Nebraska</a> Show, and jumped at the chance to talk with him. Well, I ended up being in LA at the time, so I had <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.rdqlus.com/">Steve Gordon</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> step in for me on this one (which was a good decision, because the recording is a hoot). Besides discussing his </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.davidbarringer.com/bugkit.html">Bug Kit</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and new book, </span><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1568988281?tag=36poin-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=%201568988281&adid=1HFAGZ0SH0E55NV1AZMG&">There's Nothing Funny About Design</a> </i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(with a cover by </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.felixsockwell.com/">Felix Sockwell</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">), the discussion ranges from </span><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://emigre.com/">Emigre</a></i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.nbc.com/chuck/">Chuck</a></i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, the difference between stealing and an homage, service vs. commodity, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogun_Warriors_%28toys%29">Shogun Warriors</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and other random topics. Buried in the conversation is also great advice on getting freelance writing, design business models, clients and a mention of David Barringer's article on </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/top-hats-and-tales">top hats</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">."</span>David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-13514782345001019052009-11-14T12:51:00.000-08:002009-11-14T12:54:37.627-08:00NTY Book Review & Essay on Design Writing for StudentsI have a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/books/review/Barringer-t.html?_r=1">new book review</a>, entitled "Snow Zone," in the Sunday New York Times Book Review.<br /><br />I also have a <a href="http://voice.aiga.org/content.cfm/21-writing-prompts-for-design-students">new essay</a> at Voice. It offers writing prompts for design students.David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-74986150047853216382009-09-10T11:47:00.000-07:002009-09-10T12:12:48.472-07:00Lots to Catch Up On<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Listen to </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kwgs/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1547406">my radio interview</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> with Rich Fisher of Public Radio Tulsa.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />My lecture at the </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://philbrook.org/">Philbrook Museum of Art</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> on August 20 was fantastic. The Philbrook folks know what they're doing. They not only treated me like royalty, they promoted the event like professionals, set up flawlessly the technical aspects of the podium and projector, and handled the book sales perfectly. For every talk I give hereafter, I want the Philbrook treatment.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />I was recently </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.aigacharlotte.org/blog/post/60">interviewed</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> for the Charlotte AIGA Chapter website.</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />I recently wrote about the </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://voice.aiga.org/content.cfm/motor-home-know-thyself">graphics of motorhomes</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> for Voice, about </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://voice.aiga.org/content.cfm/speak-designers">speaking tips</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> for Voice, and about the </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://observatory.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=10397">Bauhaus and IKEA</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> for Design Observer.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />As for press, my book </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">There's Nothing Funny About Design</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> has been mentioned by James Wolcott in </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2009/08/wolcott200908">Vanity Fair</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, by Holly Willis in </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/designed-for-summer-reading">Voice</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, and by Brian Fichtner at </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2009/07/cool_huntings_s.php">Cool Hunting</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />Writes Willis: "[R]eaders learn from Barringer a particular stance, one that acknowledges the flux of cultural context, and that design invariably entails the often neglected or acknowledged practice of ideological and cultural Frisbee, grabbing an icon and flipping it back, with a good twist. Barringer’s real achievement, then, is laying bare some of the rules of this game in essays that never, ever use words like </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ideological.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />Writes Fichtner: "Few writers can speak about graphic design with the alacrity and sharp-tongued criticism of the self-taught David Barringer. This collection of essays on everything from the letter X to DVD covers bristles with energy and metaphoric prose."</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.id-mag.com/">I.D. Magazine</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> is supposed to run a review of the book in an upcoming issue. Stay tuned.</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://opiummagazine.com"><span style="font-style: italic;">Opium Magazine</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Issue 8 has garnered press around the world, literally, like in fifteen countries, and </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/7-best-magazine-tech-innovations-628081">TechRadar.com</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> named the cover one of the seven best magazine-cover technical innovations, up there with covers from </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Time, Wired, Rolling Stone,</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Esquire</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span>David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-37792846605013962882009-08-19T06:34:00.000-07:002009-08-19T06:38:09.882-07:00Design Talk in Tulsa at Philbrook Museum<div class="UIStoryAttachment"><div class="UIStoryAttachment_Media UIStoryAttachment_MediaSingle"><div class="UIMediaItem"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=257466050502&ref=mf" onclick="'ft("></a><div class="UIStoryAttachment_Title"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=257466050502&ref=mf" onclick="'ft(">David Barringer Talk in Tulsa, OK</a><br /><br /></div></div></div><div class="UIStoryAttachment_Copy">Design Talk, Q&A, Book Signing<br /><br />Lecture Title: "The Mind Moves the World"<br /><br />philbrook.org<br /><br /></div><div class="UIStoryAttachment_Table"><div><span class="UIStoryAttachment_Label">Host:</span><span class="UIStoryAttachment_Value">Philbrook Museum of Art<br /><br /></span></div><div><span class="UIStoryAttachment_Label">Time:</span><span class="UIStoryAttachment_Value"> 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM Thursday, August 20th<br /><br /></span></div><div><span class="UIStoryAttachment_Label">Location:</span><span class="UIStoryAttachment_Value"> Philbrook Museum of Art<br /><br /></span>Philbrook Museum of Art<br /> 2727 South Rockford Road<br />Tulsa OK 74114<br />918 749-7941<br /></div></div></div>David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-37723033689731739412009-06-22T06:00:00.000-07:002009-06-22T06:38:33.402-07:001,000-year Opium 8 Cover in the Press<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://opiummagazine.com/opium8/home.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 126px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYN0IGTzUunUMfUgRasQxcRzQCpuVBg28s7FgHRBCSSXTpBt2f4ol591F0GqqMEyUG7yKIrBVRLousxZwq3GGKaHoWbcqPKH1JubeM68pFJQJz8hbfCuMqOAV7uaDNxb18gr4Ub77DPRn/s320/O8+Cover+Publicity_1.75x2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350136245577314562" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Here is a list of the media coverage given the cover of </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.opiummagazine.com/Index.aspx">Opium Magazine</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://opiummagazine.com/opium8/home.html">Issue 8</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. The cover concept is by </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathon_Keats">Jonathon Keats</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, I designed the issue, and the editor is </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.facebook.com/toddzuniga">Todd Zuniga</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. A </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://shop.opiummagazine.com/main.sc">new store</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> for purchasing copies at Opium is almost complete.</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://gizmodo.com/5261463/magazine-story-to-reveal-itself-during-one-thousand-years">Gizmodo</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/06/story-that-takes-1000-years-to-read-is-antidote-to-media-whirlwind/">Wired</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/weird/9-Word-Story-Takes-a-Millenium-to-Read.html">NBC</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://blog.printmag.com/dailyheller/2009/05/18/PrintAintNotDead.aspx">Daily Heller</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2311">Technovelgy</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/the-couch-surfer-a-1000year-story-is-about-as-practical-as-a-shark-in-formaldehyde-1711967.html">The Independent</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4455305">Fark</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6267&Itemid=80">Inside Catholic</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br />Even in the </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.lenta.ru/news/2009/06/18/thousand/">Russian press</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and the</span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.ticinonews.ch/articolo.aspx?id=162976&rubrica=15"> Swiss press</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />Reading the comments in the Fark thread are like listening to trash talk in the break room at Pet Smart. However, no one in any of the other press outlets has yet taken the opportunity to think very deeply about the cover concept. I was hoping someone would wonder, "What could I write today that would be of interest to someone 1,000 years from now?" The concept challenges our ideas about writing for posterity, about the immortality of art, and about communication to successive generations. If you could communicate to someone a millennium from now, what would you say? "Don't press the red button," or "Duck," or perhaps "We tried."</span>David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-78221535405614908372009-06-16T09:32:00.000-07:002009-06-16T09:42:34.185-07:00Design Writing Roundup<a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.designobserver.com/archives/entry.html?id=39677">Interviewed by Ellen Lupton</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> at Design Observer.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><br /><br />"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span">David Barringer’s book,</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1568988281/designobserver-20/" title="" target="_blank">There’s Nothing Funny About Design</a> (Princeton Architectural Press, 2009) is actually very funny. This collection of new and revised essays presents the graphic design world with a kick in the literary pants. Barringer’s writing is bluntly personal yet rarely narcissistic; his prose often bristles with the excitement of an angry porcupine, yet it’s always grounded in rigorous thinking. No one else in our field is producing writing quite like this. As a self-taught designer, freelance writer, and work-at-home dad, Barringer is both an insider and outsider to the design discourse. He makes sense of what designers do and then takes us apart with his needle-sharp verbal tools. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span">The conversation that follows was conducted via e-mail over a three-day period. "</span><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br /><br />"</span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.designtaxi.com/features.jsp?id=100614">I'm A Modern Graphic Designer</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">," a poem at Design Taxi.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="text-features-current-body"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />I’m a modern graphic designer, </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Wireless, witty, astute. </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />I show the world how to see itself. </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />And all this without a suit. </span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br />"</span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/when-the-future-was-young-and-cars-could-fly-an-interview-with-brett-snyder">When The Future Was Young, and the Cars Could Fly</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">," an interview with Brett Snyder at Voice.</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="drop"><br /><br />"E</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">arly concept cars were drawn by designers and illustrators who entered the industry as youthful pioneers. Optimistic and in their 20s, they started work in Detroit beginning in the Depression, with a resurgence of activity just after World War II. Think of the guys from </span><i style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Mad Men</i><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, but younger and with cars on their minds, drafting in their shirtsleeves in America’s very first styling studios."</span>David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-1140029741026699122009-05-14T06:35:00.000-07:002009-05-14T07:14:31.962-07:00I'll be in Chicago during Pilcrow May 17-23<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhW_u1ii1CvEglhi69jrvcaa4oOW3bIJbg-1J0Z0iSpL3gThx9eoUs1rHnDrDXzNrOPgJIFagW-Tr-IUgNKhtt4ZGevbyqL8xTLs16Y8CIHDOnhfWDVfFYbPFOAgEmTdff9kshKrVD5nQB/s1600-h/pilcrowheader.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 114px; height: 103px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhW_u1ii1CvEglhi69jrvcaa4oOW3bIJbg-1J0Z0iSpL3gThx9eoUs1rHnDrDXzNrOPgJIFagW-Tr-IUgNKhtt4ZGevbyqL8xTLs16Y8CIHDOnhfWDVfFYbPFOAgEmTdff9kshKrVD5nQB/s320/pilcrowheader.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335675001336829314" border="0" /></a><a href="http://pilcrowlitfest.com/"><br />The Pilcrow Literary Festival</a> takes place in <span style="font-weight: bold;">Chicago </span>from Sunday May 17 through Saturday May 23. There are events throughout the week, and a full schedule on Saturday, starting with a 9:15 am check-in at Trader Todd's. Check out the full calendar of events <a href="http://www.pilcrowlitfest.com/calendar.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wednesday, May 20</span><br />I will be a guest at the <a href="http://showntellshow.com/">Show 'n Tell Show</a> at 7:00 pm at <a href="http://www.whistlerchicago.com/">The Whistler</a> (2421 N. Milwaukee; 773-227-3530). It's free to attend, and the guests will be talking about book design. Guests include <a href="http://www.thebirdmachine.com/">Jay Ryan</a>, <a href="http://newsandheadlice.blogspot.com/">Paul Hornschemeier</a>, <a href="http://www.eyerocketbooks.com/">Zach Huelsing & Matt Kessler</a>, and <a href="http://www.front40press.com/">Doug Fogelson</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thursday, May 21, and Friday, May 22</span><br />Check out the <a href="http://www.pilcrowlitfest.com/calendar.html">Pilcrow Calendar</a> for events these days. I'll be at these as an attendee.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday, May 23</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">10:00-10:45 am</span> at <a href="http://www.matilda-babyatlas.com/">Matilda</a>'s (<span style="visibility: visible;" id="main"><span style="visibility: visible;" id="search">3101 N Sheffield Ave;</span></span><span style="visibility: visible;" id="main"><span style="visibility: visible;" id="search"> 773-883-4400</span></span><span style="visibility: visible;" id="main"><span style="visibility: visible;" id="search">): </span></span><em>Recession Blues: Writers and publishers discuss promoting their work with more creativity than capital. </em>Panelists: David Barringer, Gina Frangello, Leah Jones, Nick Ostdick, Ben Tanzer.<br /><em><br /></em><span style="font-weight: bold;">1:00-1:45 pm </span>at <a href="http://www.matilda-babyatlas.com/">Matilda</a>'s<span style="visibility: visible;" id="main"><span style="visibility: visible;" id="search">:</span></span><em> The Design Panel: Designers discuss book production and design elements.</em> Moderator: Zach Dodson. Panelists: Sally Alatalo, David Barringer, Ezra Claytan Daniels, Doug Fogelson, Jon Resh.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3:00-3:45 pm</span> at <a href="http://www.tradertodd.com/">Trader Todd's</a> (<span style="visibility: visible;" id="main"><span style="visibility: visible;" id="search">3216 N Sheffield Ave;</span></span><span style="visibility: visible;" id="main"><span style="visibility: visible;" id="search"> 773-348-3250</span></span><span style="visibility: visible;" id="main"><span style="visibility: visible;" id="search"></span></span>):<em> The Collaboration Panel: Writers and publishers discuss strategies, mistakes, and successes in collaborative literary efforts</em>. Moderator: David Barringer. Panelists: Amanda Delheimer, Tim Hall, Jason Pettus, Megan Stielstra, Ben Tanzer, Lindsay Tigue, Todd Zuniga.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5:00-5:45 pm</span> at <a href="http://www.matilda-babyatlas.com/">Matilda</a>'s<span style="visibility: visible;" id="main"><span style="visibility: visible;" id="search">:</span></span><em></em><em> Niches, Tech Writing and Event Coverage:<br />Panelists offer industry insight as they discuss various approaches to event coverage, niche blogging, and technical writing.</em> Moderator: Andrew Huff. Panelists: David Barringer, Theresa Carter, Cinnamon Cooper, Tim Jahn.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7:00 pm</span> at <a href="http://www.viaducttheatre.com/cms/">Viaduct Theatre</a> <span class="style_12">(3111 N. Western Ave.; 773-296-6024)</span>: <a href="http://www.literarydeathmatch.com/Literary_Death_Match/LDM.html">Opium's Literary Death Match</a>. <span style="line-height: 15px;" class="style_7">The lineup boasts judges T.J. Jagadowski, David Barringer (Opium’s designer) and readers Brian Costello (RUI), Bobby Biedrzycki (2nd Story), Max Glaessner (Windy City Story Slam) and more! </span><span style="line-height: 15px;" class="style_7">Hosted by: Todd Zuniga & Amy Guth. Doors at 7 pm, show at 8 pm. $12 ticket.<br /></span>David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-67133077786797100532009-05-13T06:41:00.000-07:002009-05-13T07:16:22.436-07:00Unbound: a new book on the future of the business of law<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.unboundlegal.com/index.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkI2oaICsbP1mtEv1pL1knae4p3_sCm4fwFmJkLg5K0tVZX48L4Y2EiGu5kH25pijZtITT_1beAlYsx1kt0KGdV5PaS9M3H2z0O3Ut8jZjLPLBMWe5O6uqEcxx_eWL7pJIbbXVtPioJ4Hi/s320/Unbound.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335303300336610626" border="0" /></a>This book was a two-year collaboration between two Davids. <a href="http://www.lumenlegal.com/newsroom/Entrepreneurial%20Strategies%20for%20Legal%20Industry%20Success%20An%20Interview%20with%20David%20Galbenski%20%20industry.htm">David Galbenski</a> conceived the project, defined the trends, and edited many drafts, while I organized, researched, interviewed, wrote, and designed <a href="http://www.unboundlegal.com/index.html">the book</a>. The project changed as the global marketplace changed, especially during 2008 and early 2009. I updated the book with the latest news reports almost daily until we went to press in March. It's about the future of the legal industry, the ongoing transition of the profession of law into the business of law, and the opportunities for entrepreneurs in this area.<br /><br />The first interesting aspect of this project is that Galbenski, whom I've known since 1995 when I graduated law school, allowed me to write as a journalist. I supported all arguments with research, statistics, and evidence of all kinds, but I kept the language as jargon-free as possible in order to make the book accessible to a general-interest reader. And I was able to follow the evidence where it led, rather than cherrypick evidence to support some grand theme. It was a great, worthwhile experience, and I mention that because these collaborations can, for writers, be frustrating. If I'd felt my integrity being compromised, I would have walked away. Instead, I have my name on the cover. It's 256 pages, hardcover, about 5.5 x 8.5. More info at www.unboundlegal.com.<br /><br />The second interesting aspect is the marketing of this book. It's rocket-fueled. When the book went to press, I felt my work was finally done. I was exhausted and glad to stop. But that's when Galbenski was ready, finally, to <span style="font-style: italic;">start</span>. There's a big difference between the creation of the book and the marketing of the book, and that's why a book like this really needs two different kinds of people with two totally different skills. The business folks see this book as a valuable product, and they know exactly what to do with a valuable product. This book has a public-relations guy, a website team, someone mailing books out to trade journals and select outlets, and I don't know who else. As a writer, I find it a relief to see other people fired up to do this kind of work. Other people value my work on this book and are working hard, right now, to get the word out. Now <span style="font-style: italic;">that's</span> publishing.David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-47282933307460077952009-05-12T08:06:00.001-07:002009-05-12T08:18:36.899-07:00Opium 8<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QY7JxHxU45dT3NVmGmJs3MX49XtSgz0y0QYlIiUA0DGuxDMi-TANhQ0H7DHUhWo1gi6IhuO7UPHxKeaccVuX9oWMnVdfKaSVn-Lk0Q-SYlQmO1Pk9UEgsEe_9GIQm2lby_lHKAZyO70i/s1600-h/Opium+8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QY7JxHxU45dT3NVmGmJs3MX49XtSgz0y0QYlIiUA0DGuxDMi-TANhQ0H7DHUhWo1gi6IhuO7UPHxKeaccVuX9oWMnVdfKaSVn-Lk0Q-SYlQmO1Pk9UEgsEe_9GIQm2lby_lHKAZyO70i/s320/Opium+8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334954123467625474" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Opium Magazine</span> Issue 8: The Infinity Issue. Learn about the unique, thousand-year cover <a href="http://opiummagazine.com/">here</a>. Learn about the contents and see a preview of the interior <a href="http://opiummagazine.com/opium8/home.html">here</a>. I design the magazine, work as senior editor, and contribute content. Each issue is designed differently. Also, Opium holds Literary Death Matches across the country. Visit the <a href="http://www.literarydeathmatch.com/Literary_Death_Match/LDM.html">site </a>for information on the next shows in Boston (May 21), Chicago (May 23), New York (May 27), San Francisco (June 12), and Paris (September 23). I will be a judge at the Chicago Death Match, which is Saturday, May 23. Doors open at 7 pm and show starts at 8 pm at Viaduct Theater (3111 N. Western Ave., ph: 773-296-6024). The Death Match caps the week of the <a href="http://pilcrowlitfest.com/">Pilcrow Literary Festival</a>.David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-31277603050117295672009-05-11T07:10:00.000-07:002009-05-11T07:20:00.179-07:00American Soma<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifD-_WxNR5eYfk3mNDx0CygzyFnCNdQ6NdAstItGf9qmG6aeaHGL8BPCYnQgTiujx2iZtjy-BERB4t5HTUPgbCoS32boYNOY3C2xjWpSo-LxBr_BsggaGTdnK9FOR1jI05QmlZW4VsOUfb/s1600-h/American+Soma.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifD-_WxNR5eYfk3mNDx0CygzyFnCNdQ6NdAstItGf9qmG6aeaHGL8BPCYnQgTiujx2iZtjy-BERB4t5HTUPgbCoS32boYNOY3C2xjWpSo-LxBr_BsggaGTdnK9FOR1jI05QmlZW4VsOUfb/s320/American+Soma.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334568693159944578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">American Soma</span> by <a href="http://savannahschrollguz.com/">Savannah Schroll Guz</a> will be out shortly from <a href="http://sonewpublishing.com/">So New</a>. I designed the cover and interior. The word <span style="font-style: italic;">soma</span> has many connotations relating to a kind of waking sleep state, with some meanings traceable to early Native Americans. The most famous literary use is in Aldous Huxley's <span style="font-style: italic;">Brave New World</span>, in which people are required to take soma to remain happy and complacent. Today, soma is a muscle relaxer that blocks sensations of pain sent from the nerves to the brain. In the design of the book, I settled on evoking a sterile, pharmacological, drug-induced bliss.David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-224763675780033542009-05-10T15:03:00.000-07:002009-05-10T15:08:23.867-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2QnVmki44Q1aykyN9bNLJY4zeUidg6ZE1nKgoDNXr7iV83fwTB7hKAnkFwzMkDlcfFe0O-_mMMJmnhkBvDz1AAclb-fdand06axjh6UQ-ZzUatEFRyCfcYR_4B84hiTnOT5azhFz5tL-/s1600-h/World+Takes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2QnVmki44Q1aykyN9bNLJY4zeUidg6ZE1nKgoDNXr7iV83fwTB7hKAnkFwzMkDlcfFe0O-_mMMJmnhkBvDz1AAclb-fdand06axjh6UQ-ZzUatEFRyCfcYR_4B84hiTnOT5azhFz5tL-/s320/World+Takes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334319627178024098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">World Takes</span> is a new collection of stories from Timmy Waldron, published this year by <a href="http://www.wordriot.org/press/">Word Riot Press</a>. I designed the cover and interior, which included photos and other fun graphic touches. He has a <a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/anachromisms.html">funny list</a> at McSweeney's.David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-53095677240489662542009-05-08T08:13:00.000-07:002009-05-08T08:25:34.896-07:00Opium 7<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWEV_DAiJm3q2saiOwC07KIpfR5Uw4yNVby5BdmN-EH-ZmIVgzoMfvmOYoLAUjCVtNU9njixPgRDYAgxmkNZv5eZktiSKjay1XLw3FvM52fFT5JyPeKYt6vAODqquoG-Vz3BZN73012TUA/s1600-h/O7-front-cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWEV_DAiJm3q2saiOwC07KIpfR5Uw4yNVby5BdmN-EH-ZmIVgzoMfvmOYoLAUjCVtNU9njixPgRDYAgxmkNZv5eZktiSKjay1XLw3FvM52fFT5JyPeKYt6vAODqquoG-Vz3BZN73012TUA/s320/O7-front-cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333473041331165554" border="0" /></a>I designed the interior of <a href="http://www.opiummagazine.com">Opium Magazine</a> Issue 7, which came out end of 2008. See preview at <a href="http://issuu.com/dlbarringer/docs/opiummagazineseven">Issuu.com here</a>. Contributors: Etgar Keret, David Markson, Steve Almond, Neil Labute, Chuck Close, Lauren Schenkman, Amy Shearn, Melissa Broder, Michael Leong, Bradley Bazzle, Mike Sacks, Anne R. Allen, Kristina Moriconi, and more. An art section curated by Jesse Nathan includes work from Art Spiegelman, David Shrigley, CM Evans. The issue also features the first Network of Writers Experiment pages and the winners of the 7-line Story Contest.David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-59376934004868010542009-04-24T15:07:00.000-07:002009-04-24T15:15:38.156-07:00Nothing Funny Available; Barringer in Chicago in May<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">There's Nothing Funny about Design</span> is now available at online booksellers everywhere. It has a <a href="http://www.facebook.com/inbox/readmessage.php?t=1105612717838#/pages/Theres-Nothing-Funny-About-Design-by-David-Barringer/61373434869?sid=8ba88403fc86d3ab22e2238db7ba2998&ref=search">Facebook Group page</a> and a <a href="http://issuu.com/papress/docs/9781568988283updated?mode=embed&documentId=090424210333-aef1f07b88014f1589a03a527c9b367c&layout=grey">preview at Issuu.com</a>. I will be part of a panel on book design hosted by Show&Tell in Chicago on Wednesday May 20 at 7:00 pm at The Whistler. More info <a href="http://showntellshow.com/">here</a>. Panel includes Jay Ryan, Paul Hornschemeir, and more. I will be in Chicago at the Pilcrow Literary Festival for events through Saturday April 24. I will be a judge at the <a href="http://literarydeathmatch.com/Literary_Death_Match/LDM.html">Literary Death Match</a> as well, which is either Friday or Saturday, still to be determined.David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1702732636163351787.post-83148657083690741222009-02-02T10:12:00.000-08:002009-02-02T10:18:24.807-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxhVjIJ4bmnr4Vi2ahZKrLUXyqj9Z-wuS-kBu9IUB2esZF9m9eqrgxQ_42BWayNPI78kcdjKMvv3OVuVdpo_TQPSNi3OOuwi9ud0_YCgTl78EE2hWL6SiaQHPpkYP6jmmZX8exyHYmi0O/s1600-h/9781568988283_large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxhVjIJ4bmnr4Vi2ahZKrLUXyqj9Z-wuS-kBu9IUB2esZF9m9eqrgxQ_42BWayNPI78kcdjKMvv3OVuVdpo_TQPSNi3OOuwi9ud0_YCgTl78EE2hWL6SiaQHPpkYP6jmmZX8exyHYmi0O/s320/9781568988283_large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298264748570315602" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"There's Nothing Funny about Design" is now available for preorder. 256 pages, 6x9, cover illustration by <a href="http://www.felixsockwell.com/index.php/new_work/barringers_nothing_funny/">Felix Sockwell,</a> written and designed by me, published by Princeton Architectural Press, official publication date is June 1. If you're a reviewer, <a href="http://papress.com/reviewrequest.tpl?cart=1233597225105345">contact PAP</a> for your review copy. Discounted preorder prices are available at some online booksellers right now. <a href="http://papress.com/bookpage.tpl?cart=1233597225105345&isbn=9781568988283">Princeton</a>, <a href="http://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/main,book-info/store,books/products_id,7825/path,1/title,Theres-Nothing-Funny-About-Design/">Chronicle</a>, <a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Theres-Nothing-Funny-about-Design/David-Barringer/e/9781568988283/?itm=2">B&N</a>, <a href="http://powells.com/biblio/62-9781568988283-0">Powells</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Theres-Nothing-Funny-About-Design/dp/1568988281">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.tower.com/theres-nothing-funny-about-design-david-barringer-paperback/wapi/113051439">Tower</a>. More information later.David Barringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412564242741496877noreply@blogger.com1