Alex Coles
Alex Coles is a London-based art and design critic, lecturer and editor. He is the author of DesignArt (Tate Publishing, 2005) and a regular contributor to Art Monthly, Contemporary, Parachute, and Artext.
2024
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
forthcoming
The role of jazz as a catalyst in rock, pop, funk, new wave, hip-hop, and techno.
2023
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
The first book-length inquiry into the subject of the twisted romantic ballad, giving a sense of both its history and contemporary currency, from Frank Sinatra and Serge Gainsbourg to Kendrick Lamar via Soft Cell or PJ Harvey and Nick Cave.
2012
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
sold out
A study of transdisciplinary studio models of artists (Olafur Eliasson and Jorge Pardo), product designers (Konstantin Grcic), and graphic designers (Åbäke).
