AngryPaulRand Comes Clean, Reveals Himself

This summer in the design world, the anonymous Twitter feed, AngryPaulRand, became the online destination de jour for our set, taking over as the thing to talk about after the buzz surrounding Unhappy Hipsters had faded. The account closed back in mid-September, at the peak of its popularity, but now its creator has finally outed himself as one Mitch Goldstein, an MFA student of design at Virginia Commonwealth University. He’s posted this great essay on why he launched it, why he enjoyed being a fake, angry version of the beloved and famous designer, and why ultimately he had to shut it all down.