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i think it didn't fail in challenging. if it would have failed than it wouldn't have been copied by a lot of people. it was also challenging the whole issue with legibility of reading. talking about "meaning" his thing was form over function in which i partly agree since design isn't art, it's applied art and bound to rules.
i agree that from a reader / writer point of view carson wasn't a favorite. but his approach to this started a discussion about it and was also an eye opener for other designers in how far you can push it. although most didn't aspire to make it unreadable (at some parts) by carson it sort of gave them a glance on what you can do with typography etc.