The taping of the pilot TV program “Design Matters” is next Friday (11th) in New York. Debbie Millman is host, with Hillman Curtis as director. The show is conceived as a design version of “Inside the Actor’s Studio,” and Millman’s first two interview subjects are none other than Milton Glaser and Stefan Sagmeister.
Simon Page is a self-taught graphic designer from the UK with an emphasis on typographic art, illustration and geometric design. Here’s a selection along with Simon’s commentary.
Three weeks ago my acquisitions editor Nikki (at Peachpit Press) asked if I could find a well-known designer to write a quote for the back cover of my book. She said it would need to be someone with a great reputation, and that we didn’t have much time.
When asked if I wanted to give the book cover a matte or gloss finish, I chose matte, and asked if I could have the word “DESIGN” embossed.
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“The great benefit of this [everyone sitting together in a single room] is that you can hear what everybody’s saying. I’ve never written a memo in my life, because everybody knows exactly who I’m talking to and what I’m doing. Everybody here knows everybody’s business. If you have a deep sense of privacy I don’t think that you could work for me.”