American Mutt Barks in the Yard
by David Barringer
Paperback | 128 pages | 2005
Co-published by Emigre and Princeton Architectural Press.
Sold out. Used copies available at Amazon, Alibris, and elsewhere.
Visit Emigre's page for the book, and see a preview at Google Books.
Excerpts have been published in Looking Closer 5 and The Uncertain States of America Reader. It's likely that in a few years I will include the entire thing in a larger collection of my design writing.
Rudy VanderLans: "We wanted to do something unique, something no other design magazine had ever done.... The answer came to us in the form of 'American Mutt Barks in the Yard' by David Barringer.... At 34,940 words, it fills the entire 128-page issue of Emigre 68. The essay started as a simple reply to issues #65 and #66, but exploded into an indepth, critical analysis of design and advertising that only traditional book publishing can accommodate properly.... [W]e have no doubt that David Barringer's essay dares to tread where few have tread before."
