Monday, March 10, 2008

Trying to look good limits my life

I watched the documentary Helvetica today, and it was pretty interesting, even if I got nothing from it but to the chance to pick the brains of some well known contemporary and historic designers. Stefan Saggmeister is just one of a few neat ones (Michael Bierut's spoke with particular vividness about the transformation from 50s goofy script to the eponymous clean, bold typeface of the 60s), and I really like his billboard installation "Trying to look good limits my life." He's totally right. He says: "The title of this work (and its content) is among the few things I have learned in my life so far." Some of the others are "Having guts always works out for me", and "Everything I do always comes back to me." Cool images + food for thought = at least one happy moment in the day.

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