David Carson

An American graphic designer and surfer, best known for his innovative magazine design (Ray Gun), and use of experimental typography.

David Carson

An American graphic designer and surfer, best known for his innovative magazine design (Ray Gun), and use of experimental typography.

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If you have no intuitive sense of design, then call yourself an “information architect” and only use Helvetica.

David Carson
David Carson

An American graphic designer and surfer, best known for his innovative magazine design (Ray Gun), and use of experimental typography.

  • Design & Arts
  • Creativity & Ideas
  • Talent
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People Abstract Spookey
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As we get more technically driven, the importance of people becomes more than it’s ever been before. You have to utilize who you are in your work. Nobody else can do that: nobody else can pull from your background, from your parents, your upbringing, your whole life experience.

David Carson
David Carson

An American graphic designer and surfer, best known for his innovative magazine design (Ray Gun), and use of experimental typography.

  • Design & Arts
  • Creativity & Ideas
  • Experience
  • Technology
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Time September 11 Cover
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Having done a lot of magazines, I’m very curious how big magazines handle big stories, and I was very curious to see how ‘Time’ and ‘Newsweek’ would handle 9/11. And I was basically pretty disappointed to see that they had chosen to show the photo we’d already seen a million times, which was basically the moment of impact.

David Carson
David Carson

An American graphic designer and surfer, best known for his innovative magazine design (Ray Gun), and use of experimental typography.

  • Design & Arts
  • Covers
  • Magazine Design
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Time September 11 Cover
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Having done a lot of magazines, I’m very curious how big magazines handle big stories, and I was very curious to see how ‘Time’ and ‘Newsweek’ would handle 9/11. And I was basically pretty disappointed to see that they had chosen to show the photo we’d already seen a million times, which was basically the moment of impact.

David Carson
David Carson

An American graphic designer and surfer, best known for his innovative magazine design (Ray Gun), and use of experimental typography.

  • Design & Arts
  • Covers
  • Magazine Design
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David Carson Design Unique
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Never mistake legibility for communication. Just because something is legible doesn’t mean it communicates. More importantly, it doesn’t mean it communicates the right thing.

David Carson
David Carson

An American graphic designer and surfer, best known for his innovative magazine design (Ray Gun), and use of experimental typography.

  • Design & Arts
  • Communication
  • Design Principles
  • Legibility
  • Typography
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