joshua davis bashing by CR
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- deathboy0
i think ive seen the name a couple times but cant recall the work, must not be that important to me
- breadlegz0
He's still alive ... latest vid:
- see folks, people WILL buy tacky design if you package it nicely.robotron3k
- mg330
At Flash Forward 2001 in NY he admitted to putting red food coloring in his eyes just to see what it would do. Said it hurt like hell but did indeed tint his vision red for a while.
- Oh - meant to say I always wanted to try that. I got to meet him to buy the PS hard drive. Inspiring guy back then for sure.mg33
- animatedgif0
Fuck sake QBN, read the entire first page before noticing the date.
You had me excited that Joshua Davis had actually done something interesting for the first time in 6 years
- fadein110
his generative stuff is a little weak sometimes and does look like screensavers - has a low-art air about it really. He was a great innovator in his day but looks a little tired now. And lets face it he is the epitomy of the US 'raaaad man' web designer stereotype - "where's the web designers? Snowboarding man". He helped to create this stereotype. There are many different types of designers and the 'raaaaaad man' loud US type never really floats my boat.
I do like hsi early stuff and hugley influential and I bet he's a nice enough chap - just his greatest work may have already been done.
- formed0
I was a fan of sorts back in the day (never a 'fan' of his design, but certainly respect for the boundaries he pushed in the beginning).
I agree, web design has become stagnant with the demise of Flash. I miss the days of looking at beautiful work that pushed technology and design, only for the sake of creating something engaging and captivating.
- monolith0
has been.. living off his old fame when he made stuff in Flash.. not sure how anyone can take him seriously anymore.. he hasn't produced commercial work in years.. there's a gazillion people who can do stuff he does..
But then again, most of the web stuff today and so called "design" is shit anyways thanks to "amazing" HTML5 that makes every site look the same and overblown sliders and scrollers and so on and is breeding ground for hack JS script kiddies to call themselves "developers". The whole industry has become a joke.
- MrT0
Carson was a genius at post-rationalising all the crap he made with a bag of weed and a 70's photocopier.
- ukit0
If David Carson sees this thread and signs up for an account, it will all be worth it.
- toe_knee0
I liked the bit about the inflated ego.
- PrayStation0
jevad... I'm burning the village... oh wait... wrong website.
- digdre0
instant head explosion if he returns from victoria secret.
- clearThoughts0
I just checked his site, because I kind of stopped looking at his stuff about 7 years ago...
It's pretty outdated, but he still manages to sell that shit **respect**All the people that slag him off are probably just jealous. The world is full of people with little talent but a lot of ambition and marketing skills. He seems to be one of them.
No disrespect, but I wouldn't classify his work as art. There is no concept behind it, his work seems to be mainly inspired on software companies (who seem to be pretty happy to sponsor him).
- I wouldn't say "little talent"...he obviously has more talent than mostukit
- ukit0
utopian can't spell
- dyspl0
^the guy can say he doesn't like JDavis work, I have no problem with that. what upset me is his arguments (tattoos and wacom....)
It's like if he said coldplay plays shitty music arguing the way they are dressed doesn't no appeal to him. there would be no point and I would find the whole article shitty.You can hate as long as you have valid argument.
- dMullins0
"Art is one off."
You heard it here first. Throw away every painting after "The Man with the Blue Guitar," because everything else in the blue period was an original fake.