The correct shape is the shape of the object’s meaning. Everything has its own order.
The design of Saint Peter’s Church: saintpeters….elli-design/[+]
Stackability is not accidental: vignellidesi…02/stackable[+]
The paper and I will go away, but a good idea will last forever.
To me, design is a mission to prevent bad design from taking place. Better design for a better world.
We’re in the revolutionary 1450s of digital publishing, just after the invention of movable type. Books will disappear. Design for digital.
Steve Jobs understood the four wheels to success in our industry: design, production, financial and marketing. His vision was total.
Worth repeating: Good design is visually powerful, intellectually elegant, and above all, timeless.
The Vignelli home library: 50 years of print design vignellidesi…/12678429852[+]
@dougbartow Agreed.
@saurospagnol @TrevorBaum @fenmark @mullerbrockmann @juniorspecial The client’s needs first, yes. But that’s not a license for any typeface.
Photo: The Saratoga, designed in 1964 for Poltronova. vignellidesi…/12509707304[+]
@KombinatType Timelessness is how we measure greatness. Only a few typefaces have stood the test of time, hence we only stick to a handful.
@Ampersanderson Apprenticeship should be supported by education in design history, theory and criticism.
@KLTF Except, there are only a handful of great typefaces.
@shaunpimley Focus on other design elements for expressiveness. Keep typography objective. Stick to timeless ones like Helvetica or Bodoni.
The worse the designer is, the more typefaces he uses.
You cannot have better design unless you have better design schools. It is as simple as that.
We like music and we can’t stand noise. What we see in poor design is noise. Noise is a sound that has no intellectual depth.
New York’s all new SD26, designed by us: sd26ny.com[+] (Flash required)
