It's no secret among my students that I'm not a fan of Gill Sans.
I speak openly about the topic to my students, but this semester, I had the time to codify it. My ire for Gill Sans is three-fold:
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If you wanna be something other than a nerd with a scar on his lip, you gotta flip the script. — Johnny Lawrence
It seems like the best design lessons these days comes from TV and movies.
This one is from an old favorite franchise: The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai ... How can you flip the script?
Inspiration for developing brands can come from the strangest places. I'm watching a scene from Iron Man 2 and am struck that this is an amazing lesson about the history, hopes, dreams, and limitations of brands.
Howard Stark breaks scene and faces the camera:
"Tony ... you're too young to understand this right now, so I thought I would put it on film for you. I built this for you — and some day you'll realize that it represents a whole lot more than people's inventions... it represents my life's work. This is the key to the future... I'm limited by the technology of my time — but one day, you'll figure this out. And when you do, you will change the world. What is and always will be my greatest creation... is you."
[As a dad... I'm not crying! You are!]
If you haven't seen it, the TV show 30ROCK is worth binge watching. It’s a great take on pop culture and entertainment as mixed with modern day life and the compromises we have to make.
In the 5th season (2010), an episode called Brooklyn Without Limits (BWL) features a fictional brand (think: TOMS shoes, American Apparel, etc.) that the show’s protagonist, Liz Lemon (a TV producer for a comedy sketch show), falls in love with.