Alice Twemlow
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 Twemlow 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[]
- 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[]
- 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[]
- 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[]
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-24. Retrieved 2007-05-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Core77 Design Awards 2012: Meet the Jury, Alice Twemlow - Design Writing and Commentary - Core77". Core77. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
- ^ "Alice Twemlow appointed Lector Design | KABK". KABK. KABK. 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2018-04-13.CS1 maint: others (link)
- ^ "Alice Twemlow, Head Master Design Curating & Writing". www.designacademy.nl. Archived from the original on 2018-04-14. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
- ^ "Alice Twemlow". Leiden University. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
- Living people
- British graphic designers
- Design writers
- Design educators
- Alumni of the Royal College of Art
- School of Visual Arts faculty