Designer of the year.. bbc 4
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- smellvetica
anyone watch it last night?
congrats to danny brown, but i don't see it as design, more art.craig johnson should have won.
- save0
- save0
I've never liked his http://play-create.com/
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- JamesEngage0
Congratualtions to Danny, he has been through hell of a lot the past year or so
- aesthetics0
my vote would go to craig johnson too.
- smellvetica0
how did he break his neck.. sheesh.
- JamesEngage0
It was in a creative review a few months back... apparently there were false stories about it... something to do with water anyway while abroad at a conference I think (might be wrong though?)
- save0
he broke it whilst surfing didn't he??
- JamesEngage0
BBC4 is alright isn't it... I thought it would be a load of shite... but some good stuff on there... better that BBC3 at the moment... espeically since they lost 24
- smellvetica0
it's not quite as good as 'World of Pain II' on bravo..
- JamesEngage0
I have 200 channels of shite... I only like 'Operation Good Guys' on UKSomethingortuther...
Most underated comedy.
- ASBESTOS0
seems like he injured himself diving into a wave after the OFFF festiveal in Barcelona last year.
That said his work stands up for itself. I voted for him.
- smellvetica0
but does it solves anything?
or just entertain.. there was me thinking design solved problems, or made something unfunctional more functional.
- highrise0
did anyone see him talk about himself at BD4D, probably a couple of years ago.
- melk0
craig johnston is my new hero
he grew up in the city near my hometown here in Australia then moved to the UK to play football for Liverpool, ending up winning Liverpool an FA cup in the mid 80s (he was the reason i played soccer as a kid) now i find out he was the head of innovation at adidas and develops these kick ass looking boots that are so cleverly designed!
genius
- JamesEngage0
he has a profile in the forthcoming grafik... i've seen it.
- JamesEngage0
the football geezer that is!
- gekkokid0
lol operation GOOD GUYS RULES
- soda0
apparently he was diving into waves in barcelona and caught one with his neck at a slightly wrong angle and that was that.
not huge surf by all accounts and just a bit of a freak of nature and a lot of bad luck.
- soda0
...I do think his work is great
and I reckon he is exceptionally talented, but I have to say it falls more on the side of art than design?
The justification for him winning the award was he was pushing the ways in which we interact with computers...but isn't this a bit wooly?
It's not like he had created a
specific piece of any distinction. Maybe he will at some point in the future, but he hasn't yet?