Swiss Design
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- scarabin0
minimalism is a crutch
- scarabin0
i think the only reason this boring shit appeals to anyone at all is because there's literally nothing negative you can say about it because IT HAS NO FUCKING FEATURES.
same reason why designers wear black (can't fuck up a black outfit!) hate hipsters (can't mock a guy wearing khakis!) and like helvetica (can't hate a font with no character!)
it's all just so... safe.
- don't you wear black? are you admitting that your attire is "safe" and lacks character?Mr_Know
- also swiss design and helvetica have plenty of features: grid structure and careful proportions for exampleMr_Know
- you're defining features as needless ornamentation which is the opposite of the intent, and frankly misses the pointMr_Know
- i often wear "safe" clothing because i don't feel like thinking about it. which is what i see happening in many cases of so-called "swiss design"scarabin
- "minimalist" design. it's all formulae that basically remove most of the decisions a designer makes with a piecescarabin
- –removing its character and humanityscarabin
- you're also lumping "non-minimalist" with "useless ornamentation". how about some concept?scarabin
- so now you're equating aesthetics with concept?Mr_Know
- well... the swiss stuff is okay in a midcentury, middle european middle-everything context...vaxorcist
- scarabin0
so "swiss" just means lots of squares.
got it.
- miesvan0
- ?monospaced
- que paso!?akrok
- ...sorrymiesvan
- ¡qué pasó!monospaced
- no pasó nadaaa!miesvan
- JSK0
is good
- utopian0
- well donebumdrizzle
- I think that I totally
missed the point
of this thread...utopian
- monospaced0
@vaxorcist LOL
These are almost all Brockman classics. That's why they look so good.
- vaxorcist0
this whole thread is like my old school.... and about how easy it is to do nice design when there's NO CLIENT OR PRODUCT OR BUSINESS OBJECTIVE.... a little bit of helvetica and some pseudo-swiss layout can make "award winning work" so easy...
this stuff looks A WHOLE LOT like the stuff my old prof's did for PRO-BONO clients in order to WIN AWARDS.... trust fund bastards didn't have to do horrible things like please actual clients....
- As far as I know, being a teacher is the polar opposite of anything to do with trust funds.dMullins
- Also, I think you missed the point of this thread, my friend.dMullins
- lol @ "pseudo swiss"monospaced
- yes... uh huh.... I taught part time at art school, I knew part time faculty driving BMW's...vaxorcist
- I was broke... and doing ad agency freelance work, these guys did pro-bony work, lived in $$$ condos, etc....vaxorcist
- whistleblower0
- xzibit > swiss designwhistleblower
- harsh...bigtrickagain
- Mistake #419 - Putting up your picture on here is automatic grounds for tampering. Duh.sadpanda
- no needbumdrizzle
- for the record i think jteore looks goodbigtrickagain
- -1detritus
- nooooobigtrickagain
- Sorry, I'm -1'ing Whistleblower for being pure nasty.detritus
- meh, this is overboard. there was no need to insult people personally. the swiss thing was just funny.dMullins
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Posting for Douglas from the comments on this post: http://www.qbn.com/topics/633431…
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- oh jeez. you guys sure know how to dogpilebigtrickagain
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- bumdrizzle0
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- stewdio0
Best thread since the Fucking LOL Cube :
http://qbn.com/topics/597931
- Fax_Benson0
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- jaylarson0
- @jaylarson: read this thread:
http://www.qbn.com/t…2 - fixed: http://i.imgur.com/Z…Douglas
- zzzzzjaylarson
- Aww. Jay thought this was a design forum. How cute.dopepope
- lol @ dopepope. oh the irony!2
- @jaylarson: read this thread: