Jessica Hische
In choosing which clips to watch, I tried to go down the list to see if there were any names I recognized. I love Jessica Hische and follow her work and Twitter account. Jessica does typography work. She said that she was always the one writing people names on their notebook and has always loved hand lettering. I share that same passion and do a lot of invitations, cards, and paper goods with my hand lettering. Here are some things I found interesting about the interview. She’s inspired by students. That’s us! She talks about the death of unnecessary print, which I found really interesting. Most of the time you hear graphic designers defending print, and I thought her realistic take was well said.
Deborah Adler
Since men are dominating design and interaction in most of our blog posts, I decided to watch three women for this assignment. Deborah Adler is most inspired by a piece in Rome. I can totally relate to that. I studied in Italy during summer of 2006. It has the most beautiful artwork. It’s so overwhelming being in Italy, everything is so old and beautiful, it’s really indescribable. I think what she said about design as being a problem solver is really important. I think something I forget sometimes. I will get lost in my own aesthetic and how pretty something is instead of how design can solve a problem.
Paula Scher
Paula said the exact opposite of what Deborah said (another reason I love art, no one is ever right or wrong!). She said that design doesn’t go around solving problems. Design should just make everything better and design isn’t always the answer to the problem. I thought it was interesting that Paula said that design is effected by time and place, which is totally true.