Si Scott

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    a couple of you have got serious jealousy issues!
    i went to bucks uni with si and from what i remember he's also a really talented designer and ideas man... he's obviously found success with his illustration/type style and has capitalized on it, which is clever as hell... i'm pretty sure he can adapt once this style stops getting him commissions...

    but as for replicating the type... i imagine thats a really hard task as it's a highly personal style, not really something you could learn, unless you are seriously talented at copying stuff... good luck anyway.

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    • most of the comments are on the futility of imitating such a recognizable and now ubiquitous style
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    • I don't think anyone is jealous or even being overly critical, just kinda stating the obvious...neue75_bold
    • if anything it is a rueful assessment of our profession--how anything new gets instantly coopted
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    • and disseminated around the world
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    • i know, wasn't really referring to those... if the dude's client wants that style, then i'm guessing he either gives it a go and makes some cash or doesnt and doesnt make any cash!

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    • some of the frustration of the grows out of the fact that we've all had clients who want us to imitate something else
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    • and these comments always get construed as "hating" on the originator
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    • indeed! - i feel the pain too... but if its a case of getting paid or not, i'm all for getting paid! and living to design something original another day!indian_pole
    • original another day!indian_pole
    • me too!
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    • I havent' designed anything original in my life
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    • lolliveforever
    • i designed something original once, but then i got told 'it's not quite nike 'tick' enough!indian_pole
    • I take all of Rand's work, so what does that mean? I am a copier of a copier? Copier to the nth degree?Jaline
    • Paul Rand?
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    • Jon Cloutier...neue75_bold
    • wow i was gona say design whore but lets go with randliveforever
    • Cloutier?2cents
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