Q: How do you know when something you’ve designed is successful? A: It’s a little thing, a little Spark that makes something memorable or beautiful or unforgettable. It’s very hard to describe and people have very different ways of describing it. [Alexander] Gilman once came into my class at the school of visual arts,…
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Lester Beall’s Graphic Design is Modern and Free!
Lester Beall was the first US designer to create images that were truly free of European influences. His poster series for the Rural Electrification Administration, made up of simple ideograms stripped of all geometric superfluities, and with unashamedly plain typography, may be considered the earliest example of true American graphic design, modern and free. –From…
Aaron Burns on Perfect Communication
Perfect communication is person-to-person. You see me, hear me, smell me, touch me. Television is the second form of communication; you can see me and hear me. Radio is the next; you hear me, but you don’t see me. And then comes print. You can’t see or hear me, so you must be able to…
Neville Brody on mass communication
At the end of the day, I think we must always try to expand our spectrum. The more people we try to communicate with, the more generic our messages have to become. And as our messages become more generic, it’s less likely that people will have access to anything that’s different. I know this is…
Stefan Sagmeister on ‘talent’ and ‘graphic design’
Q: When did you realize you had design talent? A: I feel that talent is the implemented desire to excel at something. I had a strong desire to be good at design… Q: How would you define the term “graphic design”? A: Surely you must be joking. Smarter people have shot their little toe off…
DESIGN: Trading Hard Edges for Subjective Decisions.
Visual design is often the polar opposite of engineering: trading hard edges for subjective decisions based on gut feelings and personal experiences. It’s messy, unpredictable, and notoriously hard to measure. The apparently erratic behavior of artists drives engineers bananas. Their decisions seem arbitrary and risk everything with no guaranteed benefit. —Scott Stevenson Design by Lester…
The Combinations Rule
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The Head Animated Short
Great animated short by Argentine artist Matias Vigliano that features some really nice hand-drawn animation. (via lost at e minor) TheHead / hand-drawn animated short from podoboo on Vimeo.
Health Care Graphic Design
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