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At a Dan Friedman exhibition, the bizarre joy of being Dan Friedman

JL;DR SUMMARY Dan Friedman reviews an exhibition celebrating the work of the late designer Dan Friedman at Superhouse in New York City. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Graphic DesignArt ExhibitionNew York Art SceneCultural SyncretismDan FriedmanRadical ModernismDesign PhilosophyPlayfulness In ArtExperimental Design20th Century Design

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"Why Shouldnt I Have Fun All Day by Dan Friedman is on view through March 22 at Superhouse, 120 Walker Street 6r, New York, NY."
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
"Friedmans ur-Design moment came in in the late 50s when he was about 12 and his family moved into their dream home in Cleveland, Ohio."
Germany
"After Friedman returned to the United States in 1969 from his graduate training as a graphic designer in Germany and Switzerland, he taught at Yale before working in corporate design."
Switzerland
"After Friedman returned to the United States in 1969 from his graduate training as a graphic designer in Germany and Switzerland, he taught at Yale before working in corporate design."

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