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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