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No I respect that.
And I'm not interested in complexity.
But I do think that can be an easy way out sometimes. How many logos use circles? And I'm sure the argument about a simple object as beautiful form is put out by the people who designed it. But that has lost basically all meaning from ridiculous overuse. I know these dot posters put a different light on the idea of circles, but it's still all about simple shapes and colour. Designers love that.
Michael admitted his dad would laugh at him if he showed him these posters.
So who does he design for? How much stuff would his dad laugh at? Maybe Michael can tell us, I don't know. I think there's a total lack of discussion on this, and people find comfort with "ooo that's too expensive", "that paper is gorgeous". I respect that, also, but then there is nothing that follows. THAT is the discussion. So what?
I don't mean to knock these posters, because they're good. There's a beautiful labouring process involved, colour and scale keep them as a set but unique, and for me the ideas about the way we view our lives through size and use are lovely.
The point I'm making is that as a general rule it would be useful if people talked about ideas, purely, as a side issue on these things.
You go through the threads here and it's rarely talked about. People take the piss, argue and ask why a vector has an extra bump on it, but there's rarely anything to really speak of.
A lot comes down to design for designers, which is bollocks. Very lovely, beautifully produced, exquisite bollocks.