Blurbs & Reviews

“Essays that are sometimes about design but always laugh-out-loud hilarious by design’s greatest contemporary wit, David Barringer.”—Alissa Walker, Gelatobaby

“David Barringer is surely one of our best and funniest writers on design.”—Rich Fisher, Public Radio Tulsa, KWGS

“Here’s my latest read that had me miss subway stops: There’s Nothing Funny About Design by David Barringer.”—Tina Roth Eisenberg, Swiss Miss

“I highly recommend this to anyone who considers themselves creative.”—Design Milk

“This collection of new and revised essays presents the graphic design world with a kick in the literary pants. Barringer’s writing is bluntly personal yet rarely narcissistic; his prose often bristles with the excitement of an angry porcupine, yet it’s always grounded in rigorous thinking. No one else in our field is producing writing quite like this. He makes sense of what designers do and then takes us apart with his needle-sharp verbal tools.”—Ellen Lupton, Design Observer

“Fresh and funny essays from the winner of the 2008 AIGA Winterhouse Award for design writing.”—How Magazine

And here are some customer reviews:

“I put this in the same category as Miranda July’s Learning to Love You More and Matt Madden’s 99 Ways to Tell a Story.”

“Barringer combines his unique brand of humor and appreciable perspective in a way that gave this outsider a fascinating view into the world of design.”

“One of the best design books out there. His prose is well crafted and elegant.”

“David Barringer is that rare species in our (often provincial) United States of America: a Renaissance man. His mind goes in many directions; and his imagination connects what he finds in original ways. The fact that he writes down the resulting thoughts is a gift to us all. His book There's Nothing Funny About Design tackles the issue in a fresh, quirky and irreverent way. He challenges the reader to stretch his or her mind, but never condescends to his audience. We could use more barrier-busting books like this.”