TYPE 2: Journal 12

Stephan Sagmeister: Sagmeister stated that everything he does always come back to him. He said this numerous times in the eight minutes that he spoke and I think that it is a very valid and important point that he makes. It works for practically everyone in graphic design. It may come back as good or bad but it will always come back. He also stated that he has to talk himself into things and he tries to be as subjective as he can be. Debbie Millman was fairly nice and did not speak about herself but spoke about how Sagmeister is letting people know that how he got to where he is today was by taking the difficult route and that he is trying to show people that it is possible. She also mentioned that he believes that graphic designers are artists. He mentioned in his video that helping others helps him and that money does not make him happy, his dreams have no meaning, trying to look good limits his life and that everyone thinks that they are right.

Milton Glaser: Milton Glaser spoke and said that no one has the ability to know their path until it is completely over. He also mentioned that there are two different sensibilities of graphic design: 1. the business man, 2. the artist. He also mentioned that passing on gifts is a device for not killing one another and that this is what artist do for the culture. This is and intuition that he and others have. He went on talking about how teaching is something that makes him feel good and made it a point to say that not to do something to project into the future because then narcissism becomes much too great. He left with a final thought and said that if you can sustain interest in what you are doing that you are extremely fortunate. I would have to say that this is very true.

David Carson: David began by saying that the lack of training he received was what helped him and that he did what made sense to him to get to where he is today. He also believes that self indulgence is a positive term and that everyone needs to have it. He stated that you want your work to let your personality come through and you need to pull from yourself. Finally, he mentioned that during your starting point you do not want to make your design difficult to read, you do not want to make it pretty but you DO need to master interpreting it.