“It’s better to do something simple which is real”
— Bill Evans
Extracted from the movie “The Universal Mind of Bill Evans – Creative Process and Self-Teaching”. In this part, Bill talks about how to deal with obstacles, and how to build one’s vocabulary step-by-step.
Michael Wolff talks design and branding. That is all you need to know.
INFLUENCERS is a short documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends and creativity become contagious today in music, fashion and entertainment.
The film attempts to understand the essence of influence, what makes a person influential without taking a statistical or metric approach.
Written and Directed by Paul Rojanathara and Davis Johnson, the film is a Polaroid snapshot of New York influential creatives (advertising, design, fashion and entertainment) who are shaping today’s pop culture.
“Influencers” belongs to the new generation of short films, webdocs, which combine the documentary style and the online experience.
A film on the purpose and techniques of calligraphy. Presented and produced by Hallmark. Filmed at Hallmark cards during a visit by Mr. Zapf. Production manager Noel Gordon. Script outline Peter Seymour. Script editor Richard Rhodes. Camera Direction Frank Robinson. Associate cameraman Heinz Burger. Idea and direction Harald Peter.
Sometimes a good quote is innumerably more helpful then you were expecting because you did not even know the question to ask to receive such advice. So, here is a compilation of 101 design quotes collected from here and there and all across the interweebs – Enjoy.
Do you have a design related quote? Please leave it in the comments below.
“The Story of Eames Furniture”, an exclusive video interview with author Marilyn Neuhart  and her husband John. They both have worked with the Eames Office in various capacities from the 1950s. Having been in close proximity to Charles and Ray Eames as well as the members of the Eames Office and their patron manufacturers for almost 30 years, the Neuharts had the extraordinary opportunity to absorb their stories. At their Los Angeles home, they tell the tale of working with Charles Eames in Gestalten.tv’s latest look behind the Eames. Presented by gestalten.tv.
The Story of Eames Furniture book: shop.gestalten.com/​the-story-of-eames-furniture.html
The first time I saw a Paul Rand video interview – I thought he was the Marlboro Man of the design world. This mystique was further compounded by this 1993 interview with Steve Jobs. You’ve seen his work: IBM, UPS, ABC and more.