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Paul Sahre ranks alongside modern-day design heroes Stefan Sagmeister and Chip Kidd as one of the most influential graphic designers of his generation. "Two-Dimensional Man" is a fresh take on the traditional design monograph: part memoir, part art book, part meditation on creativity. Throughout, Sahre combines poignant personal essays about living creatively with artwork culled from his extraordinary 30-year career. In his revealing stories, Sahre portrays the creative life as one of constant questioning, inventing, failing, dreaming, and--ultimately--making. In "Two-Dimensional Man", Sahre documents how moments like these have informed his life as a designer and artist, and proves that humor and meaning can be found anywhere, if you're only willing to look. Paul Sahre is a visual contributor to the New York Times and the author of a book on ham radio. He once built and destroyed a life-size monster truck hearse for the band They Might Be Giants. Sahre received his BFA and MFA from Kent State University, has taught at the School of Visual Arts for the past 13 years, and is an in-demand lecturer worldwide. He is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale. He works in New York City.

Cover -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Apologies to J. M�uller-Brockmann -- Prologue: Demon Eating Human Flesh -- PART I (Chaos) -- The Refrigerator -- I Saw It on TV -- Old Spice G.I. Joe -- St. Mary's -- My Father the Sports Fan -- Abracadabra! -- I ..... Was ..... Ray ..... Nitschke -- Long Vertical Scar -- Four Eyes -- Schmaltz -- Wetting the Bed -- Larry Csonka vs. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -- Hockey Town, USA -- Welcome to Fear City -- Kiss Meets the Phantom Mother of the Park Stair Tract -- Adventure -- The Lottery -- My First Car -- PART II (Order) -- "Kent State" -- Visual Organization I -- The Sophomore Entrance Exam -- Speed -- My Name Is Jonah -- A Sign Painter Is Born -- The Internship -- From Gutenberg to Fluffernutter -- The Man Behind the Curtain -- What That Look Was -- It Says You've Not Been Mistreated During Your Stay Here -- Leer Model L40 Slant Ice Merchandiser -- PART III (Entropy) -- Looking for Work and the 100 Show -- My First Job -- I Will Design and Print These Posters for You -- Angus Moves to Baltimore -- Shape Shifter -- To-Do List -- A Graphic Design Love Story -- Christmas in New York -- O.O.P.S. -- Searching For Ben Affleck -- Wasting My Life, or, What a Designer Really Does -- Getting Fucked by Steely Dan -- 101 Years of Solitude -- Blame It on the Falling Sky -- You Are Alive -- The End of the World -- Teaching -- Centralia -- X Marks the Spot -- Book Cover Interlude -- Maximum Fantastic Four -- Picking up the Pencil -- Regrets -- Spreadin' the Luv -- Future Map -- Suicide Not Heart Attack -- The Rise and Fall of the Paper Monster Hearse -- Goodbye Angus -- Acknowledgements -- Credits.

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