Games can be an invitation, welcoming players into the creator’s own broken mind.
Happy birthday to Paul Rand (1914–96) who’s NeXT logo still looks as fresh as it did 25 years ago. If you haven’t read “A Designers Art,” or haven’t in a long while, I strongly recommend taking the time. Pure genius, well ahead of his time.
The “Graffiti alphabet” created and marketed by Palm, Inc. (1993) for text-entry with a stylus. (ᔥbetaknowledge)
Works by Panther Club members (2009–12). File under: MEMPHIS HAS A POSSE. I knew Hickson would reveal another revival reference point, and then Cole Moss pointed me to Michael Willis’ Panther Club.
Not entirely, holistically Memphis Group—but just as incredibly indebted to the style—these graphic designers were mostly born during/after the era. As with Hickson, this work does not feel like a reanimated corpse. It’s something more akin to rediscovering and further exploring a small, forgotten island.
New art • Hyper(inter)activity • Media archaeology • Design constraints • Data visualization • Microcomputers • Visual music • Digital curation • Research
