Alice Twemlow
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Alice Twemlow is a writer, critic and educator from the United Kingdom whose work focuses on graphic design. She has been a guest critic at the Yale University School of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), and Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).[1] In 2006, the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York named Twemlow the chair and co-founder of its Master of Fine Arts in Design Criticism (D-Crit).[2] According to her SVA biography: "Alice Twemlow writes for Eye, Design Issues, I.D., Print, New York magazine and The Architect’s Newspaper."[3] Twemlow is also a contributor to the online publication Voice: AIGA Journal of Design.[4] In 2012 Core77 selected her as a jury captain for the “Design Writing and Commentary” category of the Core77 Design Awards.[5] Twemlow was head of the MA in Design Curating & Writing at Design Academy Eindhoven, 2017-2018, and is now Lector Design at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KABK) in The Hague,[6] and Associate Professor at Leiden University.[7][8]
Books
[edit]- StyleCity New York, Thames & Hudson, 2003. (ISBN 978-0500210079)
- What is Graphic Design For? (Essential Design Handbooks), RotoVision, 2006. (ISBN 978-2940361076)
- Sifting the Trash: A History of Design Criticism, MIT Press, 2017. (ISBN 978-0262035989)
Magazine articles
[edit]- The Raw Materials of Fiction, Baseline 25, edited by Mike Daines & Hans Dieter Reichert, Bradbourne Publishing, 1998.
- Forensic Types, Eye, No. 54, Vol. 14 edited by John L. Walters, Haymarket, London, Winter 2004. [1]
- The Decriminalization of Ornament, Eye, No. 58, Vol. 15 edited by John L. Walters, Haymarket, London, Winter 2005. [2]
- Well Hung, Grafik Magazine, No. 126, February 2005. — An article on artist Ryan McGinness.
- No Muscles, No Tattoos, Eye, No. 61, Vol. 16 edited by John L. Walters, Haymarket, London, Autumn 2006. [3]
External links
[edit]- www.alicetwemlow.com
- Bio from the University of Minnesota's Design Institute
- SVA News: SVA announces Master of Fine Arts in Design Criticism
- The Dark Prince, an online article on Peter Saville by Alice Twemlow.
- Article
- Design Observer Author Profile
- Interview on Scratching the Surface (December 27, 2017)
References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 September 2006. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "School of Visual Arts". Archived from the original on 20 May 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
- ^ "School of Visual Arts". Archived from the original on 20 May 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
- ^ "AIGA | Inspiration". Archived from the original on 24 February 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
- ^ "Core77 Design Awards 2012: Meet the Jury, Alice Twemlow - Design Writing and Commentary - Core77". Core77. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Alice Twemlow appointed Lector Design | KABK". KABK. KABK. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Alice Twemlow, Head Master Design Curating & Writing". www.designacademy.nl. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Alice Twemlow". Leiden University. Retrieved 13 April 2018.