A Random Design Quote

A ran­dom quote from a famous graphic designer on design, cul­ture and art.

By faithful study of the nobler arts, our nature’s softened, and more gentle grows.
- Ovid, from the book The Zen of Creativity by John Daido Loori

A Random Design Quote

A ran­dom quote from a famous graphic designer on design, cul­ture and art.

One has not understood until one has forgotten it.
D.T. Suzuki from the book The Zen of Creativity by John Daido Loori

A Random Design Quote

A ran­dom quote from a famous graphic designer on design, cul­ture and art.

One who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in every action.
- Samurai Maxim, from the book The Zen of Creativity by John Daido Loori

Chris Van Allsburg Interviews

I am a huge fan of American Illustrator, Chris Van Allsburg. His books are amazing in their stories, technique and skill.

In this interview, Chris Van Allsburg talks about his big breakthrough, his books, and their transformation into movies. You can see full the full interview here.

Here is a nicely made version of one of Van Allsburg’s great books, “The Wreck of the Zephyr.”

A creative use of video and a lot of spare time

So a funny video uploaded to YouTube goes viral and then some creative folks set the clip to music and it becomes a mashed up auto-tune dance song that itself goes viral. Then other creative people take that clip and orchestrate it for choir and perform it as an audio/video quilt which is going viral.

The internet is the best-thing-ever and/or the biggest time suck since the Roman baths. Either way, this is seriously creative. Each of the individual singer’s videos is compelling in and of themselves, but together it’s magic.

via Neatorama

Andy Warhol draws Debbie Harry on an Amiga

This is pretty interesting. Andy Warhol digitally painting a picture of Debbie Harry with a Commodore Amiga at a product launch press conference in 1985!

Add one part Andy Warhol of soup can fame, a dash of Debbie Harry of Blondie and toss in the Amiga and you get an amazing stew of early 80′s pop culture in one bit sized morsel.

It is pretty funny watching Andy Warhol and the Commodore host interact; it is worst on-screen chemistry I’ve seen since Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman in Attack of the Clones. However, I do love the term “leaky flood filter,” (at1:17). I think I’ll start using that when I have a poorly made layer mask or when losing to the “The Flood” in Halo. It is interesting that the host sees the leaky flood filter as a mistake and Warhol thinks it is pretty and wants to keep it. That shows the vast gulf that sometimes exists between the creator of something and the end user. It’s something that authors, designers, illustrators, film makers and developers should keep in mind when their creations are released in the world. That is, no matter what your intentions are or how good your plan is, when your creation is released it will take on a life of its own.

via John Knack