War with Myself: Essays on Design, Culture & Violence

by Ian Lynam

"WAR WITH MYSELF" is a wide-ranging collection of essays spanning design, authenticity, Empire, decolonisation, and history. Hot on the heels of his books The Impossibility of Silence: Writing for Designers, Artists & Photographers and The Failed Painter (or Unchained by Material Anxiety), designer, writer and teacher Ian Lynam’s latest body of work is an urgent and impassioned examination of the contemporary condition.

238 pages, Paperback

Published July 16, 2024

Reviews

[Herman Andreassen · Rating 4 out of 5]

War with myself av Ian Lynam. Flott essaysamling hovedsakelig om grafisk design og popkultur. Anbefales om man skulle være interessert i den slags.

[Simon · Rating 3 out of 5]

better than his last one. the short introductions helped to set the context. the black pages teasered some topics i would have liked tontead more about (adobe). some essays were too nische, i couldn’t relate (homages to people i habe never heard of or weir, subculture fanzine production. actually, i liked the “academic” ones best (olympia), don’t know why he apologized for their writing style. that was totally fine for me, better than the meandering prose of some others.