Will Burtin Professions : Graphic DesignerBorn : January 17, 1908Died : January 18, 1972 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Will Burtin The designer must think first and work later. Will Burtin designerfirststhinking The essential function of the (design) profession in our society is to enhance and cultivate communications toward: Easier understanding of ideas and complex problems, in the shortest possible time and higher visual and auditory retention of data. Will Burtin datacommunicationideas Each typeface is a piece of history, like a chip in a mosaic that depicts the development of human communication. Each typeface is also a visual record of the person who created it - his skill as a designer, his philosophy as an artist, his feeling for... the details of each letter and the resulting impressions of an alphabet or a text line. Will Burtin communicationartistphilosophy Similar Authors Bruno Monguzzi graphic-designer Brian Webb graphic-designer Armin Hofmann graphic-designer April Greiman graphic-designer Alvin Lustig graphic-designer Alexey Brodovitch graphic-designerAll Authors
