--- title: "4 Rick Poynor Quotes - Famous Graphic designer (Typography Now Two)" description: "Rick Poynor is an English writer on design, graphic design, typography, and visual culture. Browse 4 Rick Poynor quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b085/author-rick-poynor-67484.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Rick Poynor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b085/author-rick-poynor-67484.jpg) # Rick Poynor (1957) Graphic Designer United States **4** quotes in **40** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Rick Poynor is a graphic designer from the United States, best known for *Typography Now Two*. ## Quick Facts About Rick Poynor Born January 1, 1957 Nationality United States Profession Graphic Designer Notable works Typography Now Two Known for Designing Pornotopia: Travels in Visual Culture ## About Rick Poynor Rick Poynor is an English writer on design, graphic design, typography, and visual culture. ## Quotes by Rick Poynor > [As we move into the 21st century, it becomes ever clearer that the ultimate, most intimate territory for design is not electronics,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-poynor/as-we-move-into-the-21st-century-it-becomes-ever-clearer-that-the/) Rick Poynor [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/346/rick-poynor-67484_21st-century_as-we-move-into-the-21st-century-it-beco_1250557.png) > [Type is saying things to us all the time. Typefaces express a mood, an atmosphere. They give words a certain coloring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-poynor/type-is-saying-things-to-us-all-the-time-typefaces-express-a-mood-an/) Rick Poynor [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/243/rick-poynor-67484_atmosphere_type-is-saying-things-to-us-all-the-time_1828547.png) > [“it's hard to talk sensibly with giants - their massive heads tend to get lost in the clouds”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-poynor/it-s-hard-to-talk-sensibly-with-giants-their-massive-heads-tend-to/) Rick Poynor [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49d/rick-poynor-67484_giants_it-s-hard-to-talk-sensibly-with-giants-t_2132631.png) > [Graphic Design is the communication framework through which these messages about what the world is now, and what we should aspire to.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-poynor/graphic-design-is-the-communication-framework-through-which-these/) Rick Poynor [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/rick-poynor-67484_aspire_graphic-design-is-the-communication-fram_2568506.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-poynor/#itemlist", "name": "Rick Poynor Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As we move into the 21st century, it becomes ever clearer that the ultimate, most intimate territory for design is not electronics, or interiors, or furniture, or the Web. 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