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“Without a manual you will end up speaking a dialect. A good manual allows you to speak a language” Massimo Vignelli

May 30, 2014 //
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Unit Editions, design book publishers, hosted a talk to celebrate the success of their amazing book Manuals 1: Design & Identity Guidelines. The panel consists of Sean Perkins (North), John Lloyd (Ex-Lloyd Northover) and Tony Brook (Spin/Unit). The discussion was hosted by Adrian Shaughnessy.

It opened a tribute to Massimo Vignelli who passed away earlier in the week. In the winter he had written the forward for the book and provided much encouragement and excitement about the project. Some of his quotes set the tone for the evening including:

“Anyone who says that a manual is a creative straight jacket is a moron. Without a manual you will end up speaking a dialect. A good manual allows you to speak a language” Massimo Vignelli

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Categories Books, Branding, Heritage, Logos, Talks, Typography, UI, UX

“A dynamic composition encourages the eye to explore”

November 10, 2013 //
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This is the most succinct description of good design I have heard in a while. Rather typically it came from a book on architecture. If you can make something as simple as a logo achieve this or something as complex as a page use it as a principle that helps guide you through it you have really achieved something.

Categories Architecture, Books, Structure, Typography

Books & memory

September 24, 2013 //
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Not for the first time in the past 5 years I found myself sorting through an immense collection of books. Every time I have done this I feel I am somehow facing the issues of print in a more real way than in some article in a design mag/newspaper/blog written by someone a bit like myself trying to explain how their insight is the route to your understanding of where we are now with print, digital, etc, ad nauseum.

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Categories Books, Interfaces, Operating systems