David Carsons work..
David Carsons work..
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A story an instructor at college told us (I'm paraphrasing): Way back when, David Carson was becoming a better-known designer, but sapped creatively, so to get new ideas he asked a big name design school to send him student portfolios under the pretense that he would choose one as an assistant. He ended up keeping the portfolios, copying the deconstructed design style of the students and becoming as famous for design as he wished he was for surfing.
My opinion: its ok, and at the time it must have been a breath of fresh air, but I had the feeling he was a dick, and after hearing that story I really can't look at his work without the vague feeling that he's a hack.