Here’s to the Crazy Ones

• Happy Mac by Susan Kare

I was very saddened by the passing of Steve Jobs today. But I’m not here to mourn. It made me realize how my personal life is enriched and my professional life as a designer is made possible through his and Apple’s contributions, for which I’m greatful.

Even though this is from a commercial about Mac users, I think it’s most true about SJ himself: “Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

Posted October 6th 2011 in Miscellaneous with Comments 0

What a Designer Should Be Concerned About

• Saul Bass in an interview, 1986

You can watch an excerpt on YouTube where SB talks about making a commitment to quality.

Posted April 25th 2011 in Quotes with Comments 0

About That Vignelli Canon

• Last sentence from “The Vignelli Canon”

“The Vignelli Canon” is a highly recommended collection of guidelines “set by ourselves for ourselves,” as Massimo Vignelli, one of design’s great village elders, puts it in the introduction.

Throughout his career, MV applied and perfected his views on what makes good design. He distilled his approach into principles which produce what he would consider good results.

Michael Bierut, who has worked at Vignelli Associates for 10 years before becoming a partner at Pentagram, wrote an article on how these strict guidelines and rules made him a better designer.

MV’s Canon is an elegant text which is a pleasure to read. So go ahead, download “The Vignelli Canon” (PDF), follow the footsteps of a great designer and discover how he gets to that fulfilling coda.

Posted April 12th 2011 in Seen and Found with Comments 0