“ Every era has borrowed and repurposed visuals from previous times, but lately design recycling has reached a new high. The endless archives of the Internet allow us to continually review and mine the past with great ease; as a result, we now often cloak the new in the forms of yesterday, even when these forms no longer serve any purpose except as wistful reminders of a world gone by. ”
ANGELA RIECHERS, in Has Nostalgia Become a Toxic Force in Design? (printmag)
via iA
“ Most of us journalists have one great idea every few months, maybe two if we drink industrial levels of caffeine. For professional thinkers like Gladwell and Lehrer, the key to maintaining a remunerative career is to milk your best ideas until there’s no liquid left and pray you’ve bought yourself enough time to conjure up new ones. ”
Josh Levin, Executive Editor, Slate
in Why Did Jonah Lehrer Plagiarize Himself? (Slate.com)
“ I care a lot about typography, and an idea is not just something in your head. The way something looks is an idea. There is a cliché that there’s a separation between the two, but I don’t think that is true or real. ”
Belgian designer Sara De Bondt, in A Certain Smile, by John L. Walters (Eye 80/11)
“ It has been called the “Iron Chef,” of ideation. It can be intense, focused, and chaotic at times; but for those lucky enough to have participated, they understand the power and effectiveness of this tool. ”
Will Evans of Semantic Foundry introduces the Design Studio Methodology in a two-part series. Part 1 / Part 2
