artist, designer, and author of Swimming Stories and Women in Clothes - Leanne Shapton
It is a pure delight to hear Paul Sahre’s deep, wry voice throughout the pages of this book. Who knew he could write so wonderfully? The clarity and genius of his process is illuminated, as is the rarely seen but nigh-impossible path of getting anything beautiful printed or published. His anecdotes, much like his design, are rooted in a comfortable, almost commonplace sprawl, which suddenly rear into politics, poignancy and subversion.
author of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs - Chuck Klosterman
Paul Sahre has designed almost all of my book covers, and I have yet to write a book that's as intuitively intelligent or aesthetically provocative as whatever cover he created for its face. This is the story of his intelligent, provocative life.
They Might Be Giants - John Flansburgh
Paul Sahre poured his whole life into the echo chamber of design, and this is the story of the repercussions.
Art Chantry
This is the best indirect book about the language of design I’ve ever read.
James Victore
A MUST READ for any designer just starting out, running on cruise-control, or completely tanking in this messy, fucked up, and glorious business.
designer and author of What We See When We Read - Peter Mendelsund
Smart, funny, and deeply affecting. Design great Paul Sahre has written the best sort of design book, namely: not a design book. Though you'll learn more about design from this memoir than you're likely to learn elsewhere and, along the way, pick up a few things about the AMC Gremlin, Steely Dan, Pee Wee football, some kind of meat sandwich called, evidently, ‘the spiedie,’ life in a circus, Kent State, German airport security, the effects of amphetamines, sign painting, doorways to alternate universes, and the tortuous and unavoidable tribulations of belonging to an American family.
Elliott Earls
A gut wrenching and at times hilariously compelling look into a designer’s life. This is the only ‘design monograph’ in memory I could honestly characterize as a ‘page turner.’
Paula Scher
In Two-Dimensional Man, Paul Sahre has stretched the form of design monographs. It is both monograph and a very personal autobiography. We understand how he felt about things, saw things, and how he used that unique vision later to become one of the most admired designers of his generation.
publisher, New Directions - Barbara Epler
Part user’s guide, part impossibly vivid memoir, Two-Dimensional Man is a testament to being your life.
