Designers do more than just make things look pretty. Designers can play a role in the overall experience of a customer or audience. Often thru small design decisions.
These concepts are shown in this TED video (above) featuring Paul Bennett. And Bauer Bodoni. And a slightly tortured teddy bear.
View from my desk on a sunny day
Just for fun, this is my project list right now:
1. I’m designing a new font family.
2. I’m designing a website for a band.
3. I’m designing CD packaging for a musician.
4. I’m designing an experimental video game.
5. I’m designing brand materials for a web-based magazine.
6. I’m developing a proposal for an educational coloring book.
7. I’m collaborating with a fashion designer on a clothing line.
8. I’m working with a planning group on a design conference.
9. I’m teaching four typography courses and one graphic design history course.
10. I’m getting my masters in education.
11. I’m maintaining a blog and tweeting as need be.
Everything could come crashing down in a heartbeat. It did a couple years ago when a car almost hit me and I broke my drawing arm. But I’m loving everything I’m doing right now.
There will be surprises along the way.
‘Check my framing. Apply Rule of Thirds . . .’
Jeremy Davis takes it apart – before and after studies – as to what happens when one swallows the red pill and actually becomes a designer.
The Left and the Right in the US – as visualized by David McCandless and Stefanie Posavec. From the upcoming book, The Visual Miscellaneum.
Click on the image for larger view/jump. More stuff from David McCandless here. And check out Stefanie Posavec’s site here.
Here’s one more.
Same robots, but not really. Different robots because the voices are different.
I’m smart. I figured that out.
This one’s been bouncing around for a few weeks now. And one of the reasons this video resonates is – it’s sooo true. I’ve had similar conversations over the years (even just a couple months ago), but don’t remember this much swearing. At least not during the actual conversation.
And (below) here’s the sequel . . .
And another . . .
Found via Twitter.com/AngelaGlenn and Jonathan Weast
‘A Smoke Break To Remember’
Congress Hall in Biel, Switzerland. Not Photoshop, it’s real. Responsible party: Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann. Details here.
Click image for larger version/jump.
Found via Twitter.com/Typegirl
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