David Carson
David Carson
David Carsonis an American graphic designer, art director and surfer. He is best known for his innovative magazine design, and use of experimental typography. He was the art director for the magazine Ray Gun, in which he employed much of the typographic and layout style for which he is known. In particular, his widely imitated aesthetic defined the so-called "grunge typography" era...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDesigner
Date of Birth8 September 1954
CountryUnited States of America
Heavy has always been about our point of view. That's why we have attracted an audience.
A lot of commercials that have been rejected are really entertaining.
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He was sort of an inventor of a tough-guy look, whether he knew it or not.
The school system cannot single-handedly rid Roanoke city of poverty or the effects of poverty.
There's no other time in the year where commercials can take center stage. Commercials are always the things that are playing when you're going to the bathroom or grabbing a soda from the fridge.
Dont confuse legibility with communication. Just because something is legible doesnt mean it communicates and, more importantly, doesnt mean it communicates the right thing.
Graphic design will save the world right after rock and roll does.
Invite the reader to participate by deciphering. Chaos can attract and engage.
You have to utilize who you are in your work. Nobody else can do that: nobody else can pull from your background, from your parents, your upbringing, your whole life experience.
It's not about knowing all the gimmicks and photo tricks. If you haven't got the eye, no program will give it to you.
If you have no intuitive sense of design, then call yourself an "information architect" and only use Helvetica.
Don't confuse legibility with communication.
For some reason I have a visual intuition that allows me to design things in an interesting way, and I don't know where that came from. Because I don't have this formal training, I seem to drift in a different direction.