David Carson
Out of context: Reply #28
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- scarabin0
i really think people should differentiate between art and graphic design.
art is for yourself [the aforementioned wank, or rasturbation as i call it], and graphic design is communicating something for a company. you may choose to use art, or to imitate art for the purposes of conveying your message for the client, but in the end it's still just an ad.
what carson did was use his own art to convey the message to surfers or whatever.
it seems like a lot of people in here are blasting designers for doing this, and for this becoming a trend.
just keep in mind that american eagle or whatever, those stupid drawings and doodles everyone is using right now, is not art, it is just imitating art to sell things. i think this is perfectly acceptable. if art is what sells right now, then fucking use art. otherwise you're not being an effective designer, you're just being stupid and stuck in the past. or maybe you're not designing in a field where you need anything more than stringent old rules from the fifties.