Ian Bourland's guest appearances

Ian Bourland

Scratching the Surface

Public Intellectual

Michael Bierut

Kurt Andersen

Chris Lee

Rob Walker

Andrew Blauvelt

Khoi Vinh

Manuel Lima

Paul Ford

Allison Arieff

Kate Wagner

Steven Heller

Paola Antonelli

Matthew Stuart

Liz Danzico

Rosanne Somerson

OwlTail

To continue my series interviewing the professors from MICA who have helped shape this podcast, this week I talk to my critical theory professor Ian Bourland. In addition to teaching at MICA, Ian is an art historian and critic whose work focuses on the diaspora, photography, and the global contemporary. In this conversation, Ian and I talk about his background and interest in art, the role of the critic in the art world, what a new type of design criticism could look like, and how designers can think about their work critically within a larger cultural context. Links from this episode can be found at scratchingthesurface.fm.

To continue my series interviewing the professors from MICA who have helped shape this podcast, this week I talk to my critical theory professor Ian Bourland. In addition to teaching at MICA, Ian is an art historian and critic whose work focuses on the diaspora, photography, and the global contemporary. In this conversation, Ian and I talk about his background and interest in art, the role of the critic in the art world, what a new type of design criticism could look like, and how designers can think about their work critically within a larger cultural context. Links from this episode can be found at <a href="http://scratchingthesurface.fm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">scratchingthesurface.fm</a>.

33. Ian Bourland