Graphic Design: Now in Production

With more than 250 artists and some 1,400 images, this ambitious catalogue and exhibition survey the vibrant landscape of graphic designers who have seized the means of production and are rewriting the nature of contemporary design practice. Charting a rich vein of activity that cuts across wildly diverse fields, Graphic Design: Now in Production chronicles the postmillennial scene of all-access design tools and self-publishing systems, the open-source nature of creative production, and the entrepreneurial spirit of the designer turned producer. (Excerpted from the book blurb) 

Published by the Walker Art Center on the occasion of the seminal exhibition, Graphic Design: Now in Production. Check out Emmet Byrne's superb write-up on the project over at the Walker blogs.