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In this upcoming book Iron Fists: Branding the totalitarian State, Steven Heller offers a historical analysis of totalitarian regimes through the lens of graphic design. The book describes how major dictatorships throughout history have used graphics and design to propagate their ideologies. From Mussolini to Nazi Germany to Lenin, totalitarian regimes maintain themselves in political power by means of propaganda (among other tactics) disseminated through the state-controlled mass media. Heller dissects these graphics using the language of contemporary branding. Order @ www.amazon.com.
SVA MFA IN DESIGN CRITICISM OPENS FALL 2008
The new MFA in Design Criticism at the School of Visual Arts is now accepting applications for Fall 2008. This innovative two-year program trains students to research, analyze, and evaluate design and its social and environmental implications. Study with some of the best design writers and thinkers of our time, including: "Studio 360" host and author Kurt Andersen; MoMA's design curator Paola Antonelli; Pentagram partner and co-founder of Design Observer, Michael Bierut; former editor of I.D. Magazine Ralph Caplan; Metropolis contributing editor Karrie Jacobs; and architecture critic Philip Nobel.
More information @ http://designcriticism.sva.edu
The new MFA in Design Criticism at the School of Visual Arts is now accepting applications for Fall 2008. This innovative two-year program trains students to research, analyze, and evaluate design and its social and environmental implications. Study with some of the best design writers and thinkers of our time, including: "Studio 360" host and author Kurt Andersen; MoMA's design curator Paola Antonelli; Pentagram partner and co-founder of Design Observer, Michael Bierut; former editor of I.D. Magazine Ralph Caplan; Metropolis contributing editor Karrie Jacobs; and architecture critic Philip Nobel.
More information @ http://designcriticism.sva.edu