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Fly In The Buttermilk: Memoirs of an African American in Advertising, Design & Design Education.

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Read it this winter break and it was well worth my time. I picked the book up with the intent of reading a few pages and was just brought in. It informed me a "white boy" from the burbs on life from a different perspective. The book showcases classic and award winning graphic design projects. Also has plenty of motivational ammunition for YOU to do good and succeed in life and in graphic design.

I say two thumbs up.

This book was a wonderful look on the inside of a designers life! It made me aware of how much politics there is in a University, and how much Archie Boston did for Graphis Designers in general. From reading this book he has truly made me realize what a master he is in what he treaches. Not only does he teach it well, but he loves to teach it and it really shows.

When my book arrived, I had the intent of reading just a few pages, I had to force myself to put it down over halfway through just so I could get some work done. I easily finished it in the first available moment I had. This book will take you on a journey through the life of Old Skool Archie Boston, and the moments that shaped his career and work. Also included is his ... portfolio that puts polital-correctness in it's place. Motivational, tragic, humorous and historical- this book is recommended for designers, advertisers and design educators alike. Buy this book today.

I personaly thought that "Fly in the Buttermilk" was a great inside story of a great designer and professor. It was intersting to find out how he got where he is now, and all that he has done as a designer, aswell as the head of the Graphic Design Department in CSULB. At times when you think that some teachers are not on your side, you really have not met Professor Boston. He has done so much for the department that you really get the feel of how passionate he is with Graphic Design, and how valuable it is for him to teach it.

Mr. Boston's colloquial style is at once engaging and poignant...
True to his nature, he holds nothing back: his triumphs, disappointments
and even embarassing moments are recounted with wit and humor.

Mr. Boston deserves his role as pioneer: not only as a Black man,
but also as Chronicler of a crucial moment in Advertising where Social Consciousness
married Visual Communications and laid the foundation
for activism today. Too often Graphic Design literature focuses on the work, and by inference on the client, and not enough on
the people behind the work...

Read it this winter break and it was well worth my time. I picked the book up with the intent of reading a few pages and was just sucked in. It informed me a "white boy" from the burbs on life from a different perspective. The book showcases classic and award winning graphic design projects. Also has plenty of motivational ammunition for YOU to do good and succeed in life and in graphic design.

I say two thumbs up.