A wide-ranging and incisive look at the various issues of volume in design
A revised and expanded edition of the original 2010 book by Kenneth FitzGerald, Volumes: Design Reviewed Remixed Revealed, explores the dynamics of volume in graphic design, from vernacular expressions to professional practice, featured in critical essays, reviews, speculations, polemics, incitements and fictions. The diverse topics of the writings include the roles of class in design, progressive political speech as "mother" of graphic design, design as entertainment, typography as spur, the branding of the Beatles' Apple Records, pornography, album cover art, imaginary creative identities and more. Volumes also includes an introductory essay by the cofounder of Emigre Inc., Rudy VanderLans.
Kenneth FitzGerald (born 1960) is an educator, designer, curator and artist. He is currently Professor of Design at Old Dominion University.
'Volumes' features over 30 texts spanning over 25 years. This “remixed” edition of the 2010 original discusses progressive political speech as the “mother” of graphic design, design as entertainment, typography as spur and evasion of criticism, the branding of the Beatles’ Apple Records, the roles of class in design, design education, pornography, album cover art, independent record labels, anonymity and imaginary creative identities, design as cultural chaos-maker, and more. With four new works and afterwords that reevaluate original articles, the book explores the dynamics of volume in graphic design, from vernacular expressions to professional practice.