Maryland Institute College of Art

David Barringer writes fiction, essays and design criticism. He is the author of the design books There’s Nothing Funny About Design and American Mutt Barks in the Yard: Emigre 68 and the novels American Home Life and Johnny Red, as well as several fiction collections. His writing has appeared in Voice, Eye, I.D., and the New York Times Book Review. He is the winner of the 2008 Winterhouse Award for Design Writing & Criticism.