series of editorials on prominent designers

from a quiet life in ohio to ulm and basel in the midst of the modern design movement. from teaching in yale to working long hours in the leading design consultancy. from corporate practice to radical art.

dan friedman wasn’t consistent but was talented in everything he attempted to do and, above all, in the craft of professional morphing.

Dan Friedman in a black jacket and a white turtleneck looking into camera

Dan Friedman. © Joe Coscia, Jr.

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be radical. —dan friedman

Dan Friedman in his Postnuclearism installation at Red Studio Gallery

Dan Friedman in his Postnuclearism installation at Red Studio Gallery, NYC 1984. © Joe Coscia, Jr.