American Idol: Design Writing Edition

Designers are flocking to art school like the salmon of San Juan Capistrano. So where’s the next generation of design writers? Rick Poynor’s article in Icon says it all with just a headline: “The death of the critic.” It sounds dramatic, but it’s essentially true–most of the design critics we know and love today are, um, aging gracefully. Where to look for the considered voices of the future, who can pick apart the discipline with silver-tongued lexicon?

Winterhouse and AIGA have created what we’re pretty sure are the first-ever design writing awards.

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