Alice Twemlow

Twemlow in 2011

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." ^[2] Twemlow is also a contributor to the online publication Voice: AIGA Journal of Design. ^[3] In 2012 Core77 selected her as a jury captain for the "Design Writing and Commentary" category of the Core77 Design Awards. ^[4] 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, ^[5] and Associate Professor at Leiden University. ^{[6] [7]}

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. ^[8]
• The Decriminalization of Ornament, Eye, No. 58, Vol. 15 edited by John L. Walters, Haymarket, London, Winter 2005. ^[9]
• 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. ^[10]

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 September 2006. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
2. "School of Visual Arts". Archived from the original on 20 May 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
3. "AIGA | Inspiration". Archived from the original on 24 February 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
4. "Core77 Design Awards 2012: Meet the Jury, Alice Twemlow - Design Writing and Commentary - Core77". Core77. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
5. "Alice Twemlow appointed Lector Design | KABK". KABK. KABK. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
6. "Alice Twemlow, Head Master Design Curating & Writing". www.designacademy.nl. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
7. "Alice Twemlow". Leiden University. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
8. Alice Twemlow. "Excavating the history of lettering gives this New York foundry a contemporary edge". www.eyemagazine.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2006.
9. Alice Twemlow. "Spurned and marginalised for more than a century, decoration is enjoying a guilt-free renaissance". www.eyemagazine.com. Archived from the original on 6 February 2006.
10. Alice Twemlow. "Each of Jop van Bennekom's eccentric magazines perches precariously at its niche's edge". www.eyemagazine.com. Archived from the original on 12 November 2006.

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 (27 December 2017)