Do You Know Charles and Ray Eames?

If you don’t know who Charles and Ray Eames are, your ass probably does. Because you sat in one of their chairs.

• Rich Roat at Typo Berlin 2010

I can proudly say, mine has.

Posted June 12th 2010 in with Comments (0)

On Mondrian’s and van Doesburg’s Friendship

It’s refreshing to know that in the 1920s an argument over the use of diagonal lines was sufficient to break off a relationship.

• From an article by Simon Mawer

It’s a bit scary but also quite hilarious how deeply they were involved with their work back in the days.

Posted January 25th 2010 in with Comments (0)

Amazing Things Will Happen

Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.

• Conan O’Brien on his final episode of The Tonight Show

Posted January 24th 2010 in with Comments (0)

The Joys of Being an Amateur

Once you stop making errors, you became a professional whose results are stable but rarely surprising. We prefer remaining the amateurs.

• Peter and Johanna Biľak in an interview

Posted October 17th 2009 in with Comments (0)

Most Treasured Piece of Equipment

Q: What is the most treasured and well used piece of equipment in your studio? A: My head.

• Alan Fletcher’s reply to a question from design students,
taken from An Audience with Alan (2005), spread from Studio Culture

Posted October 10th 2009 in with Comments (0)

On Treating Designers Well

Giving praise and showing gratitude [to a designer] can result in mountains being moved and dragons being slain.

• Adrian Shaughnessy in Studio Culture

Posted September 29th 2009 in with Comments (0)

On Understanding Science Fiction

We don’t want other worlds. We want mirrors.

• Gibarian in Solyaris/Solaris, still from the latter

One of my most favorite lines from any movie involving space ships.

Posted September 14th 2009 in with Comments (1)

How to Explain Art Movements with Matches

In 1958, Richard Paul Lohse, a painter and designer in mid-career, emptied a box of matches onto a table and exclaimed, ‘Abstract Expressionism!’ – meaning Jackson Pollock – then rearranged the matches in a perfect rectangular pattern to the approving shout of ‘Mondrian!’

• Excerpt from Swiss Graphic Design by Richard Hollis

Posted May 16th 2009 in with Comments (0)

 

 

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