My background is sociology. Combined with my graphic approach, if I could do some film projects, I think I'd be very good at making documentaries eventually, but people don't think of me for that, of course. But dialogue is something I know I can be good at.

David Carson

Categorized in : Me Think Good People

Invite the reader to participate by deciphering. Chaos can attrac... by David Carson

Invite the reader to participate by deciphering. Chaos can attract and engage.

chaos invites reader

Dont confuse legibility with communication. Just because something is legible doesnt mean it communicates and, more importantly, doesnt mean it communicates the right thing.

legibility communication mean

Graphic design will save the world right after rock and roll does... by David Carson

Graphic design will save the world right after rock and roll does.

rock-and-roll rocks design

You have to utilize who you are in your work. Nobody else can do that: nobody else can pull from your background, from your parents, your upbringing, your whole life experience.

motivation parent inspiration

If you have no intuitive sense of design, then call yourself an "information architect" and only use Helvetica.

information design use

It's not about knowing all the gimmicks and photo tricks. If you haven't got the eye, no program will give it to you.

eye knowing giving

Don't confuse legibility with communication. by David Carson

Don't confuse legibility with communication.

legibility communication

For some reason I have a visual intuition that allows me to design things in an interesting way, and I don't know where that came from. Because I don't have this formal training, I seem to drift in a different direction.

training design interesting

Just because something is legible doesn't mean it communicates... by David Carson

Just because something is legible doesn't mean it communicates...

legibility communicate mean

Never mistake legibility for communication. by David Carson

Never mistake legibility for communication.

communication mistake funny

You'll see everything from gold teeth to hood ornaments. It's alm... by David Carson

You'll see everything from gold teeth to hood ornaments. It's almost like Halloween during August.

gold-teeth halloween august

The station was tight, aggressive ... the deejays at times sounding as if they were broadcasting at gunpoint.

deejays broadcasting aggressive

Don't mistake legibility for communication by David Carson

Don't mistake legibility for communication

There's many ways you communicate. With colour, texture, sound...... by David Carson

There's many ways you communicate. With colour, texture, sound... Even words can communicate.

words you colour sound

Good things are associated with blue, like clear days, more than singing the blues. Just the word 'blue' in the singular is full of optimism and positive connotation to most people.

good blue positive people

Just because something's legible doesn't means it communicates. More importantly, it doesn't mean it communicates the right thing. So, what is the message sent before somebody actually gets into the material? And I think that's sometimes an overlooked area.

just-because more think sometimes

I literally cannot work without music. by David Carson

I literally cannot work without music.

cannot without music work

I never learned all the things you're not supposed to do; I just... by David Carson

I never learned all the things you're not supposed to do; I just do what makes the most sense.

never just things you

I'm a big believer in the emotion of design, and the message that's sent before somebody begins to read, before they get the rest of the information; what is the emotional response they get to the product, to the story, to the painting - whatever it is.

rest painting information design

Some people hate lime-green; red has all this emotional baggage. Blue seems to be overall one of the more positive colors, and a little more serious than yellow.

hate blue positive people