Maybe at some subconscious level, things are done to upset somebody - part of me continues to see no valid reason for… — David Carson Copy Share Image
When I first started my graphic design career, and 'Beach Culture' magazine, I pretty much ran from the surfer label. It was… — David Carson Copy Share Image
I'm experimenting in public. At the design grad schools, these are people sitting around in groups, putting their work on a wall,… — David Carson Copy Share Image
If you have no intuitive sense of design, then call yourself an "information architect" and only use Helvetica. — David Carson Copy Share Image
It's not about knowing all the gimmicks and photo tricks. If you haven't got the eye, no program will give it to… — David Carson Copy Share Image
For some reason I have a visual intuition that allows me to design things in an interesting way, and I don't know… — David Carson Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer in the emotion of design, and the message that's sent before somebody begins to read, before they get… — David Carson Copy Share Image
I never learned all the things you're not supposed to do; I just do what makes the most sense. — David Carson Copy Share Image
You have to utilize who you are in your work. Nobody else can do that: nobody else can pull from your background, from your… — David Carson Copy Share Image
When I work as an art director, I don't ask to see sketches from illustrators or photographers. I give them a basic idea, and… — David Carson Copy Share Image
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… — David Carson Copy Share Image
My background is sociology. Combined with my graphic approach, if I could do some film projects, I think I'd be very good at making… — David Carson Copy Share Image
As we get more technically driven, the importance of people becomes more than it's ever been before. You have to utilize who you are… — David Carson Copy Share Image
Just because something's legible doesn't means it communicates. More importantly, it doesn't mean it communicates the right thing. So, what is the message sent… — David Carson Copy Share Image
There's many ways you communicate. With colour, texture, sound... Even words can communicate. — David Carson Copy Share Image
Dont confuse legibility with communication. Just because something is legible doesnt mean it communicates and, more importantly, doesnt mean it communicates the right thing. — David Carson Copy Share Image
