January 2010
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“The grid system is an aide, not a guarantee.”
– Josef Muller-Brockmann
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December 2009
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“Color is a creative element, not a trimming.”
– Piet Zwart - a Dutch photographer, typographer and industrial designer. Started as an architect, moved on to develop a constructivism and de stijl style of typography, photomontage and primary color in his commercial design work. Eventually became a an industrial, interior and furniture designer. He...
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WatchWatch
I just finished watching Beautiful Losers. A superb documentary at a look into the world of underground artists. Incredibly inspiring to have a closer look into those who created the 1990s art movement based upon fashion, film, music, pop culture- with graffiti, skateboarding and street music. Those who are featured: Shepard Fairey Margarat Kilgallen Barry McGee Jo Jackson Cheryl Dunn Chris...
Dec 20th
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“We don’t get hired to make pretty things or win design awards. We get...”
Dec 17th
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“Geometry can produce legible letters, but art alone makes the beautiful. Art...”
– Paul Standard - American calligrapher
Dec 17th
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“Designers are meant to be loved, not to be understood.”
– Fabien Barral
Dec 17th
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