Swiss Design
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- scarabin0
i don't have anything against minimal approaches, i just think people need to not be lazy with it. most of it is boring, looks the same and is the product of a lazy designer. i feel like turning everything into a formula serves to remove the designer from the equation and it loses its humanity. it's dull, robotic shit. seen it a billion times.
i didn't say i'm never lazy, i didn't say i don't wear black or like helvetica. you're missing my point as much as i missed the original point of the thread. i'm not calling anyone out, not declaring myself a better designer than anyone else, didn't say a damned thing about movie posters or my own work, never said swiss design couldn't "stay".
- xpass1
- Hi jteore!set
- I lol'd.dMullins
- also, it's a lowercase d, brah.dMullins
- nice Swissing with the squares and Helv, there.,.mikotondria3
- fuck off 'brah'
your design work is pathetic as well.xpass - Not that I ever directly posted my portfolio for review, but why exactly do I care?dMullins
- Do you have some other things you'd like to discuss besides that? I'm kinda fat too, and I wear glasses. I read comics. Fuck, I suck.dMullins
- Fuck, I am lame. You though, you're a real winner.dMullins
- Also, bear in mind that I never once took a shot at jteore's work. Not once.dMullins
- that worked a treat. you did my job for me. like a good little puppet.xpass
- *yawn* Oh no, I was baited.dMullins
- set0
- doesnotexist0
- uhhh...how so? surely you know what Batesoled means, but based on your comment and photo, I'm not so sure.monospaced
- batesoled isn't right. i'd say she got Swissed.bigtrickagain
- either waydoesnotexist
- batesole'd
http://edd-e.com/nt_…e-pill
- Knuckleberry0
I believe the term you are looking for is "Sweded"
- nobigtrickagain
- but it was a nice clip though. :-)akrok
- im not that good, but i am happy now.
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- MrT0
Fuck Helvetica
And Akzidenz.- ?Miguex
- A poor attempt at humour, particularly aimed at the goons who get all uppity regarding the overuse of Gotham.MrT
- failbigtrickagain
- Rand0
monospaced = thread police
- Miguex0
To Scarabin:
By definition Swiss originated design was intentionally clean, readable and objective. This means (like you mentioned) that it was free of "unnecessary clutter" that might steer the piece into something artistic. I'm not sure this means safe, because you still need to focus on symetry, grid and typography to name a few, so you have less elements to work on the piece.
What you call safe, I call faster to absorb and functional, while it definitely nice to see great technique like many of the the overly imitated contemporary designers out there, there is a place for every style and technique.
Just like you wouldn't play grindcore music over the phone when putting customers on hold at the bank, or have Fausto Papetti opening for Lady Gaga.
Imagine if urban signaletics were over artistic and took time to understand due to heavy graphic elements on the composition?
We would have a harder time understanding maps, finding a cross street or figuring out where the fire exit is at the hotel.
- * into something less artisticMiguex
- dude are you fucking serious? i already addressed all that shitscarabin
- woah, and I thought you wanted to engage on a serious design conversation..Miguex
- and all I get is a "are you fucking serious note"....
:(Miguex - Aww. Miguex thought this was a design forum. How cute.dopepope
- hahaha
well, just look at the title of all threads, when there is a design thread I get excitedMiguex - http://matthewcaines…Miguex
- lol @ dopepopebigtrickagain
- neue75_bold0
- @ scabarinneue75_bold
- "have no intention"
neue75_bold - "had no intention"neue75_bold
- * eats own hatneue75_bold
- * LOLsZenith_Kudos
- thanks for pointing this out, I haven't opened this book in awhilemonospaced
- well, the most recognizable style is from the 50's, but the swiss are still designing todayMiguex
- ditto mono... I love this but it's been collecting dust lately. time to crack it!ismith
- e-pill0
wow this thread started after a comment for me.. haha!! you guys are nuts!!
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- whistleblower0
I live.
- JazX-1
- JazX0
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/0…
WHAT THEY MEAN IS, HE'LL BE TRYING TO ROOT SOME SWISS MISS IN THE WC.
- whistleblower0
- that's not gonna staybigtrickagain
- you ruined this thread~!!JazX
- oops sorry! back to work. got an AR to finish writing and a burger waiting for me at lunch....whistleblower
- oh no...utopian
- Lovejteore
- Haha, I forgot about this.dMullins
- dorf0
the thread that started this all is gone. so sad.
- dMullins0
Bump for lunch-time reading.
- utopian0
jteorebump