Author, Educator Steven McCarthy to Speak at Kent State University

Internationally-known creative
scholar Steven McCarthy will visit Kent State University on March 20 to give an
illustrated presentation about the researching, writing and designing of his new
book The Designer As... Author, Producer, Activist, Entrepreneur, Curator
and Collaborator: New Models for Communicating.



A professor of graphic design at
the University of Minnesota, McCarthy’s graphic design work has been published
in Graphis Poster, the American Institute of Graphic Arts annual, HOW,
Page and in Provocative Graphics: The Power of the Unexpected in
Graphic Design, among others. His creative work has been in more than 90
juried and invitational exhibitions.



Working with celebrated book designer
Martin Venezky of the San Francisco-based design studio Appetite Engineers, and
commissioned by BIS Publishers of Amsterdam, McCarthy explores the role of
designers in communication and visual culture, from commercial designers to
those assuming the more empowering roles of design authorship. He will share
the book's back story: Learn how 1,447 images were obtained legitimately
without copyright permission. And, discover how interviews with 12 notable
graphic designers, including Ellen Lupton and Rick Poynor, were conducted.

McCarthy will also share examples
of his own works of design authorship, ranging from artist's books to videos to
posters and will be available for a signing following the event. The
Designer As... will be available for purchase for $32.

Details:
7 p.m.
Thursday March 20, 2014
FirstEnergy Auditorium, Rm. 340

Franklin Hall
Kent State University
550 Hilltop Dr.,
Kent, Ohio 44242

The event is free and open to the

public. The School of Visual Communication Design at Kent State University is

hosting this guest lecture and book signing.

The School of Visual Communication

Design’s [in]VISION Speaker Series aims to bring in experts from

a broad range of visual communication-related areas to educate and inspire

students, university faculty and staff, and the professional community so all

can see how design and communication-related issues play a role in shaping our

world.