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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