Design for Design's Sake-Design Authorship in Experimental Publications

Design professor Steven McCarthy will give an illustrated presentation on works from the Goldstein Museum's graphic design collection. Centered around the concept of design authorship—where designers' roles are expanded from professional service providers to socially, culturally and politically engaged communication initiators—the collection spans 70 years of innovation. Among the notable publications are early 20th century journal PM (eventually A-D), the complete set of Émigré Magazine from the late 20th century, and issues of Push Pin Graphic, Octavo: A Journal of Typography, Portfolio, Fuse, News of the Whirled and others. Artifacts from the collection will be on display.

About Steven McCarthy
Steven McCarthy has an MFA in design from Stanford University, and a BFA in sculpture and drawing from Bradley University. He is a professor of graphic and interactive design at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus, and faculty advisor of the U's AIGA Student Chapter.

Steven's graphic design work, artists' books and interactive digital narratives have been published, collected and reviewed around the globe. He has participated in numerous innovative curatorial projects and has made several international scholarly presentations.

About the Goldstein
The Goldstein Museum of Design, the only design museum in the upper Midwest, is part of the University of Minnesota and housed in the College of Design. Museum staff are devoted to the teaching, research, and exhibition of design, and the collection's emphasis is on art and design closest to people's lives.

6:00 p.m. exhibit
7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. lecture
8:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Q&A and refreshments

AIGA members, free; nonmembers, $10; nonmember students, $5.

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