Journal entry 12

Paula Scher was really interesting. I love most of her work. I really liked the "Jazz" signage that she talked about. She listened to the owner who knew about jazz and designed it like jazz would look. I also really liked some of her other signage. She made it fit into the city, on poles and in windows.

She says that she begun illustrating her own type, instead of using nice clean helvetica.

She said that a computer doesn't feel or smell like an art supply. She says that it's more like a car.

She also doesn't believe in process ;)

David Carson put typography into scenery and put stuff together that didn't really go together. He says that his lack of training probably help him. He says to pull from what you are as a person.. and put that into your work.

He did Raygun, which nobody approved what he did or anything. He did crazy stuff sometimes and you couldn't even read the articles. Some people said that it was disrespectful to the writing, and some said that it was genius.

Lawrence Weiner has a funny ponytail and he says that an artist lives in the stream of life. They don't live up on a mountain, they live within culture. He says that he prefers sans serifs that are non-authoritative. He says that he hates helvetica, because it's always saying the same thing.

He says to figure out a way to go around it, under it, or above it. Don't just accept it.

All of these designers don't really like computers....