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July 27, 2006
Copy and Paste Culture
From a fireside chat at Signal vs. Noise by designers Richard Bird, Jim Coudal, and Carlos Segura (and yes, I copy and pasted this convo):
Carlos: the period we are in now is one of reservation
Carlos: especially in type
Jim: the beginning of the "ironic" voice
Jim: agreed carlos
Carlos: "helvetica" is in, and has been for some time
Carlos: we can’t wait to copy each other
Carlos: i think that sometimes our colleges define how good you are based on how good a copy you can make
Jason: Really interesting point, Carlos.
Jim: reworking old styles
Jim: instead of making new ones
Carlos: right
Jim: eventually we’ll be nostalgic for yesterday
Jim: or this morning
Matt: sounds very similar to music these days where remixing, mashups, sampling, etc. are growing in popularity.
Jim: interesting point
Jim: searching for authenticity
Carlos: right
Jim: things seem so temporary
Jim: we try to emulate stuff from the past that "mattered"
Jason: We’ve seen this from time to time with our products. Someone was so excited that they copied Tada List.
Jason: But what’s exciting about a copy? That’s saying "I don’t have anything new to offer."
Carlos: the US car industry is a great example
Carlos: trying to re-live the good old days
Jim: its everywhere guys
Jim: cars, music, movies, music
Matt: they all influence each other too obvs
Jim: its like paying an old song in a commercial
Jim: push button for emotion
Matt: heh, when i hear "lust for life" on a carnival cruise commercial or janis joplin selling mercedes benz, it makes me crazy. wtf?
Jim: ‘(we sound like a bunch of old grampas)
Jim: grrrr fucking kids’
Posted by timothompson at July 27, 2006 06:29 PM