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JAN VAN TOORN: CRITICAL PRACTICE
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JAN VAN TOORN: CRITICAL PRACTICE by Rick Poynor
"Design is everywhere; its possibilities have been so thoroughly itemized, assimilated and applied that it shapes almost everything we see and touch," observes the design critic and author Rick Poynor. "Design is a means by which contemporary reality is structured, packaged, delivered to our doors, and imbued with an exciting air of Tightness and normality. So where does that leave the designer who takes the view that design ... should be about more than merely providing promo tional endorsement for our current vision of reality?"
One such person is Jan van Toorn. The influential Dutch designer has garnered international acclaim ...
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