Journal #12

First video: Lawrence Weiner

Shows every angle of his face, as some way to know him a little better.

Moves around his work area, shows glimpses of each different tool on his desk.

Asks someone if they know how the universe functions, ends with the universe presents itself.

Does not like Helvetica because it does not adapt itself to things it is telling you and that it is cultural, intellectual, and intelligent.

Throughout the entire thing the camera zooms in on him while he sitting down in a gallery.

Found a typeface that he likes and it is: Franklin Gothic Condensed.

At the end says: "Art is of the moment. Design is of the moment."

Second video: Milton Glaser

In the beginning, it shows him in a back room that holds 2 or 3 hundred posters in the back.

He always believed that the life of a designer is a life in between two sensibilities;

one of a business man and one of an artist. Artists provide that gift to the culture so people have something in common. He teaches because it makes him feel good. Graphic Designers and social commentary is that it is part of the practice because we have access to people's minds. If you have the ability to transfer ideas from one point to another it should be an idea that does no harm. As a graphic designer you should want to do things that has relationship to your community, family, city, to the country, to the world. He is still astonished and things still amaze him because the possibility of learning never disappears in the arts. Overall, my favorite part of this video is Milton going through all of his posters and showing us some of them, he looks so happy to be showing his work.

Third video: David Carson

The lack of training help him. Self indulgent was the big negative term, which he thinks is a very positive term. It is more important now that we put our personalities, becomes more personal into the work as we become more computerized. Put who you are as a person and put it into your work. Raygun (magazine) did not pay him much but he was independent there and was the one that took the stuff to the printer. He tried to interpret the stories and try to attract attention to it, but did not make it hard to read.