November 2010
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“Graphic design is a means, not and end. A language, not content.”
– Tibor Kalman, who also did content.
“My own ambition is to write a song that sounds like I stole it — like...”
– David Byrne
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In Praise of Kalmans
I spent a good chunk of today leafing through Tibor Kalman: Perverse Optimist at the San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch. The book is a retrospective on Kalman, a very clever designer-generalist-messenger who you may or may not know from his studio, M&Co, or the magazine he edited, Colors.
The book is out of print, and SFPL only has it at the reference desk, meaning you can’t...
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“Mr. Downey was chosen to speak for Mr. Peanut, Mr. Wixom said, because of his...”
– Mr. Peanut’s New Look? Planters Went Old School - NYTimes.com
High praise. Or something.