(via mc de waal)
me news
iphones are killing our discipline
a must-read interview with designer james victore:
…my students [at SVA] aren’t allowed to use computers. It really frustrates them because they don’t know how to use their hands. But I say listen, I know how much time it takes to boot up a computer, and open InDesign, and you get a box, and you type a letter in it. And you make it this big. Then you make it this big. Then you make it this big. Then you make it this big. Then you move it over here. Then you make it red. Then you make it this big. And it’s like: You’re not designing! You’re organizing. That’s easy. Worry about that later.
And this is stuff I learned from heroes. It’s the work you do before you ever put pen to paper. That’s the important part…
his book, written together with michael beirut, has also just been released
the toilet people
this article provides a pretty good illustration of the sense or nonsense of graphic design: a typology of toilet signs, i’m surprised i haven’t come across this as a subject for study before, it is a fascinating and incredibly diverse area of styles and ideologies… (via ‘move your teeth’ blog)
heart & mind
nice new outdoor campaign for (green) bank ‘triodos’ from my friends from dawn (together with illustrator ‘christian borstlap’) in the daytime one part of the new tagline is visible, the second part appears after dark by using the back-lit effect, it reads: ‘follow your heart, use your head’ (and vice versa) we’ll no doubt be seeing more of this new campaign around amsterdam in the coming months…
