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Jean Baudrillard Dies
"The very definition of the real becomes: that of which it is possible to give an equivalent reproduction. The real is not only what can be reproduced, but that which is always already reproduced." Jean Baudrillard dies at 77. [MB]
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michael Bierut studied graphic design at the University of Cincinnati, and has been a partner in the New York office of Pentagram since 1990. Michael is a Senior Critic in Graphic Design at the Yale School of Art.More Bio >>
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MORE BY Michael Bierut
02.13.13: Chromatophobia01.14.13: Graphic Design Criticism as a Spectator Sport
01.07.13: Positively Michael Patrick Cronan
10.29.12: Style: An Inventory
08.09.12: The Typeface of Truth
06.04.12: I Love the 80s
04.30.12: The Poster that Launched a Movement (Or Not)
05.27.11: Designing, Writing, Teaching: Not My Real Job
05.17.11: Seven Things Designers Can Learn from Stand Up Comics
02.10.11: Five Years of 100 Days
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BOOKS BY Michael Bierut
Seventy-nine Short Essays on DesignPrinceton Architectural Press, 2007
Looking Closer 5Allworth Press, 2006
Looking Closer 4Allworth Press, 2002
Looking Closer 3Allworth Press, 1999
Looking Closer 1Allworth Press, 1994
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