Design Rockism

[imomus]

My latest article for AIGA Voice magazine is Design Rockism. Trace design's topsy-turvy path from Josef Muller-Brockmann's 'Grid Systems' to the Groovisions Brockmann doll!

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[scottbateman.livejournal.com]

And of course, THE big Rockist tenant of American political cartooning is, it's not REALLY a political cartoon unless you draw it like the late Jeff MacNelly--with lots and lots of cross-hatching, and a chuckle-inducing joke rather than a pointed and barbed political opinion. Again, I've spent my career fighting these perceptions and trying to do a uniquely individual version of political cartooning. In fact, a small group of us call ourselves "Post-Hatch," i.e. we reject the MacNelly-isms and are going for a simpler look and more opinionated messages.