- Price:
- USD $27.00 postpaid (International shipping included)
- Designers:
- Ian Lynam
- Publisher:
- Onomatopee
- Categories:
- Publications
The Impossibility of Silence is a 200+ page paperback for creative folks interested in approaching writing about their vocation and culture.
It features illustrations by Ed Fella and Paul Nitsche, as well as the author.
The book is edited by Taro Nettleton.
It features two-color gatefold colors and the body is printed in black and white. Perfect beach reading, any time of the year!
Within, Ian writes about metaphoric heroes and villains, inspiration, story arcs, structure, and all of the things one might use to construct compelling writing about art, design, or photography.
We’ve got some great press for this book, as well. Check it out:
“Ian Lynam is the Hunter S. Thompson of design writing.”
– Sereina Rothenberger, Jan Van Eyck Academie
Lynam adeptly juggles platters of diverse knowledge that include history, theory, philosophy, humanities, and the gamut of pop culture.”
– Louise Sandhaus, author of Earthquakes Mudslides Fires & Riots: California & Graphic Design, 1936-1986
“Lynam is a bitingly humorous writer – gifted with the intuition to give stories depth.”
– Lars Harmsen, Slanted Magazine
“Joyfully and skillfully straddling the line between creator and critic, theorist and practitioner, formalist and rebel, American and expatriate, serious analyst and humorous deconstructor, Ian Lynam always brings a wholly original perspective to his writing on design. The insights are always fresh, and the stakes are always extremely high.”
– W. David Marx, author of Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style.
