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Today’s extremely late comic attempts to make up for its lack of punctuality with an abundance of self. Not unlike the topic of conversation, really.
Now that I’m going to be legit soon, we thought it would be a good idea to help spread the word that we’ve actually interviewed some pretty luminous designers over the past few years. Let’s face it: not everyone listens to our podcast, and as such, many are losing out on the incredible pearls of wisdom we fish out of these designers’ brain-mullusks. Er, mind grapes. Where was I? Our interview with Sean Adams, where he explains in detail the founding, the success, and the failures of Adams Morioka, is now available in typography. Internet-typography, sure, but the letterforms themselves should be of comfort to most of you. We plan on dishing out more of these in the coming weeks, so if there’s an old Be A Design Cast or Reflex Blue interview you’d love to read because you never got around to listening to it, now’s the time to let us know.
The complete saga comes to a close today. I must say, I was tempted, after a strong response to Part 2, to continue the story a little longer than planned. In the end, I felt that would be a bit like Michael Jordon playing for the Wizards, and one should know when to hang it up.
There are some extraordinarily cool things afoot at 36 Point these days, the first of which you can find here (I’ll have much more to say on the matter quite soon!), and others of which you will hear about as details finalize. 2009 is a week old and already off to a very strong start for us, we’d like to thank everyone who visits and supports what we do. Also, if you haven’t, check out Donovan’s story on the AIGA 365 books. It’s great.
Sorry for the lack of update on Monday’s strip — that comic took a long time to draw and I had to move on once it was up.
Today’s scene depicts a story I’ve lived and heard many, many times, only with the ending we all wish it had, instead of the one where an education in classic typography is ruined by someone with a degree in sports marketing who’s parents are friends with the owner of your company. That’s not a true story from my life, just an example of the type of douche-bag who sacrifices clear, compelling communication because the words are too small. This comic was conceptualized waaaay back when the Design Ninja made his first appearance, and in the end I decided outright murder was the funniest solution to my narrative problem. Ninjas are deadly weapons, after all, except when they go on parade.
Also, can someone please explain to me why Photoshop — in 2009, cannot anti-alias properly at magnifications that aren’t mutliples of 12.5%? I mean, if eff’ing Preview can do it, surely Photoshop can.
Oh, and making a special appearance today is Vonster’s Bad Design Kills shirt. Head over and get yourself one: