Alice Twemlow

Alice Twemlow is a writer, critic and educator whose work focuses on graphic design.

Twemlow earned an MA in design history from a joint program of the Royal College of Art and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. She has been a guest critic at the Yale University School of Art and at RISD. [http://design.umn.edu/go/person/Twemlow_Alice] In 2006 the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York named Twemlow the chair of its new Master of Fine Arts in Design Criticism. [http://www.schoolofvisualarts.edu/news/index.jsp?sid0=228&page_id=519&content_id=1835] According to her SVA biography: “Alice Twemlow writes for "Eye", "Design Issues", "I.D.", "Print", "New York" magazine and "The Architect’s Newspaper".” [http://www.schoolofvisualarts.edu/news/index.jsp?sid0=228&page_id=519&content_id=1835] Twemlow is also a contributor to the online publication: "Voice: AIGA Journal of Design". [http://journal.aiga.org/]

Books

* "365: AIGA Year in Design 23", AIGA, 2003. (ISBN 978-1884081033)
* With Lucas Dietrich, "StyleCity New York", Thames & Hudson, 2003. (ISBN 978-0500210079)
* "What is Graphic Design For? (Essential Design Handbooks)", RotoVision, 2006. (ISBN 978-2940361076)

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. [http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature.php?id=119&fid=532]
* "The Decriminalization of Ornament", "Eye", No. 58, Vol. 15 edited by John L. Walters, Haymarket, London, Winter 2005. [http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature.php?id=126&fid=553]
* "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. [http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature.php?id=140&fid=587]

External links

* [http://design.umn.edu/go/person/Twemlow_Alice Bio from the University of Minnesota's Design Institute]
* [http://www.schoolofvisualarts.edu/news/index.jsp?sid0=228&page_id=519&content_id=1835 SVA News: SVA announces Master of Fine Arts in Design Criticism]
* [http://www.aigany.org/ideas/features/saville.html "The Dark Prince"] , an online article on Peter Saville by Alice Twemlow.
* [http://debbiemillman.blogspot.com/2007/05/design-matters-today-with-alice-twemlow.html Article]

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