Edison had it right when he said, “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration”. However, from the way people have been talking about it, you’d think the 99% is all you should care about. That 1%, however, is what keeps design sexy and isn’t all that mysterious.
We look at inspiration as sacred, as if it [...]
Here’s a little anecdote: last year, there was a tupperware of chicken that had been pushed to the back of the fridge for somewhere in the neighborhood of, oh, let’s say…six weeks. I was cleaning out the kitchen and had a major dilemma. Do I just chuck the whole thing in the garbage or attempt [...]
I am constantly driven by a bookworm fear that we are losing knowledge at astounding speeds. Access to information has vastly increased, but absorption and retention—well, I’m sure you’ve read all about it, how the “kids” all speak in fragmented and poorly punctuated English, how cats imbued with the ability to speak rule our sentence [...]
Not that I’m complaining, but everybody in design seems to be going crazy over the green/sustainable trend. I’ve heard a lot of questions as to whether it is just a fad that unfortunately (and sometimes immorally) pulls at consumers’ heartstrings or it is something that is going to bring lasting change to our poor, smoggy [...]
I’ve been thinking lately about this “mantra” trend that has been popping up in design. Especially after Sagmeister, everyone seems to want their life truths and beliefs to be snappy one-liners.
While this is undeniably sexy and produces simple, beautiful graphics, I wonder if it really changes anything about peoples’ behavior.
In the past, I’ve found that [...]