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Tue 01 Jul ∞ Permalink

The book designer strives for perfection; yet every perfect thing lives somewhere in the neighborhood of dullness and is frequently mistaken for it by the insensitive. In a time that hungers for tangible novelties, dull perfection holds no advertising value at all. A really well-designed book is therefore recognizable as such only by a select few. The large majority of readers will have only a vague sense of its exceptional qualities. Even from the outside, a truly beautiful book cannot be a novelty. It must settle for mere perfection instead.

—Jan Tschichold (via danielpagan) Hahahahaha fuck yeah… Tschichold was a hillarious motherfucker. — fish
Thu 26 Jun ∞ Permalink
OMG is mine!! I owe Breanne five hundo for it. Fuck yes. (Also, paintings are fucking huge.)
OMG is mine!! I owe Breanne five hundo for it. Fuck yes. (Also, paintings are fucking huge.)
Sat 21 Jun ∞ Permalink
At this point, I have close to 20 thesis-book mockups. They all look more or less like this one here: duplexed untrimmed laser prints, staple-bound and prolifically bestickied. I am more attached to these than I am the final product (which is comparatively much saner looking, I assure you) but the last thing I need right now is more printed matter. What should I do with these? Anyone want one? Free with your address and a kind word, let’s say. There you go — my email address is legible in this GIF file, if you need it. OK.
At this point, I have close to 20 thesis-book mockups. They all look more or less like this one here: duplexed untrimmed laser prints, staple-bound and prolifically bestickied. I am more attached to these than I am the final product (which is comparatively much saner looking, I assure you) but the last thing I need right now is more printed matter. What should I do with these? Anyone want one? Free with your address and a kind word, let’s say. There you go — my email address is legible in this GIF file, if you need it. OK.
Sat 21 Jun ∞ Permalink
This is another play on the poster cliché that I quite like — there’s no one around to hold the thing up, but did that stop Nikelle Orellana? Fuck no.
This is another play on the poster cliché that I quite like — there’s no one around to hold the thing up, but did that stop Nikelle Orellana? Fuck no.
Sat 21 Jun ∞ Permalink
While dunno about lethality qua designers and “low priced works” — I fucking love Eric Collet’s twist on the poster photograph cliché. Maybe he means “low priced” as in “cheap and tawdry”? Anyway, this makes it sorta amusing to reconsider similarly displayed graphic design work as, like, something you shoot with a gun. Fuckin’ A.
While dunno about lethality qua designers and “low priced works” — I fucking love Eric Collet’s twist on the poster photograph cliché. Maybe he means “low priced” as in “cheap and tawdry”? Anyway, this makes it sorta amusing to reconsider similarly displayed graphic design work as, like, something you shoot with a gun. Fuckin’ A.
Thu 19 Jun ∞ Permalink
Ibid.
Ibid.
Thu 19 Jun ∞ Permalink
One of the last steps was to print the final presentation slides onto silver inkjet paper and reshoot ‘em all for the last pass on the book. Now I can start fussing with indicies and footnote numbering. Indeeeeed.
One of the last steps was to print the final presentation slides onto silver inkjet paper and reshoot ‘em all for the last pass on the book. Now I can start fussing with indicies and footnote numbering. Indeeeeed.
Thu 19 Jun ∞ Permalink
Thank you, Mister Gertman. (see also)
Thank you, Mister Gertman. (see also)
Thu 19 Jun ∞ Permalink
So fucking close. Daaaag. (see also)
So fucking close. Daaaag. (see also)
Sat 14 Jun ∞ Permalink
party tonite at christian’s. school has left me with tons of random materials, like inkjet transparencies I don’t particularly need for any one project — and so. yeah!
party tonite at christian’s. school has left me with tons of random materials, like inkjet transparencies I don’t particularly need for any one project — and so. yeah!
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