Who Can Afford to be Critical? Eric Wolfinger where he found himself at

where he found himself at the center of the city’s artistic avant-garde

It was like Genghis Khan

nights lit by candles and lighthouses

Slim Aarons: Women

the houses featured in this book exemplify the great residences of the era: the late-Victorian Clayton in Pittsburgh

Who Can Afford to be Critical? Eric Wolfinger where he found himself atDesign schools increasingly urge students to address social, political and environmental issues in their work. But who can afford to work in this way after graduation? In a dynamic style that draws from multiple contributors, Who Can Afford to Be Critical? discusses the limits that affordability, class and labor impose upon the educational promise of holding a "critical" practice. Why do we tend to ignore the material and socioeconomic constraints