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David Carson

American Designer

Born: Sep 8, 1954

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Good things are associated with blue, like clear days, more than singing the blues. Just the word 'blue' in the singular is full of optimism and positive connotation to most people. David Carson

There's many ways you communicate. With colour, texture, sound... Even words can communicate. David Carson

You Words Communicate Ways Colour Sound Texture Many Even

I never learned all the things you're not supposed to do; I just do what makes the most sense. David Carson

You Sense Never Supposed Most Learned Makes Just Things

Overall, people are reading less. David Carson

People Reading Overall Less

Having done a lot of magazines, I'm very curious how big magazines handle big stories, and I was very curious to see how 'Time' and 'Newsweek' would handle 9/11. And I was basically pretty disappointed to see that they had chosen to show the photo we'd already seen a million times, which was basically the moment of impact. David Carson

Time Seen Big Photo Would See Impact Magazines Pretty Having Had Disappointed How Lot Very Times Handle Curious Done Stories Which Newsweek Show Moment Chosen Million Million Times Basically

I'm experimenting in public. At the design grad schools, these are people sitting around in groups, putting their work on a wall, analyzing it and putting it back in a drawer. I think there's little risk in that. David Carson

Work People Design Think Back Analyzing Drawer Risk Putting Schools Around Wall Grad Sitting Experimenting Public Little Groups

When I first started my graphic design career, and 'Beach Culture' magazine, I pretty much ran from the surfer label. It was hard to get people to take you seriously. David Carson

You Culture People Seriously First Design Ran Magazine Pretty Beach Take Label Get Much Hard Graphic Graphic Design Started Career

My site is a little unorthodox without being totally inaccessible. David Carson

Unorthodox Totally Without Site Being Inaccessible Little

If I'm doing a logo, I'll do it in black and white. Once the form is feeling right, only then do I start exploring the color palettes. A good example was the process of rebranding the Salvador Dali Museum. I did at least 100 versions in black and white. David Carson

Good Black Black And White Example Feeling White Once Only Color Least Doing Versions Salvador Salvador Dali Did Form Process Then Exploring Good Example Right Start Dali Museum

I think we've seen a lot of examples of giving a name its own definition in the dot-com world. Amazon, Google, Yahoo - these are names we never would have dreamed major corporations would choose. David Carson

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