Bookshelf Never Sleep: Graduating to Graphic Design By Andre Andreev and Dan Covert de.MO, 2008 Hardcover, 250 pages, $29.99 Andre Andreev (Graphic Design 2005) and Dan Covert (Graphic Design 2004) demystify the transition from student to professional by sharing the successes, failures, and surprises of their years at CCA, their current day jobs at MTV’s on-air design department, and their night gig at their own design fi rm, dress code. They enumerate everything from the creative process to monetary issues, internships, interviews, and personal relationships. The book includes examples of their work, from their fi rst undergrad design course through the present day, and side stories and interviews from their mentors, teachers, and peers.
No One You Know By Michelle Richmond Delacorte Press, 2008 Hardcover, 320 pages, $23 “A thoroughly riveting literary thriller,” raves Booklist of Michelle Richmond’s (Writing faculty) third major novel, the follow-up to her 2007 best seller The Year of Fog. The story revolves around a woman traveling abroad who unexpectedly meets the man accused of murdering her sister 20 years before, inspiring her to revisit the harrowing experience and solve the highly publicized, but still open, case.
Written on the City: Graffiti Messages Worldwide By Axel Albin and Josh Kamler How, 2008 Hardcover, 224 pages, $26.99 In 2006 Josh Kamler (MFA Writing 2002) and Axel Albin started a website devoted to “message” graffiti around the world, looking not only at its artistry but also at the fears, questions, and visions it expresses. This large, full-color volume presents the best of their fi ndings.
Graphic Design History: A Critical Guide By Emily McVarish and Johanna Drucker Prentice Hall, 2008 Paperback, 416 pages, $68.80 Designed and written by Emily McVarish (Graphic Design faculty) and Johanna Drucker (Printmaking 1973), this weighty tome is both a coffee-table showpiece and a textbook, offering a unique and exciting set of critical lenses for thinking not only about the history of graphic design but also about its cultural function, from prehistory to the present day.
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