Francisco Andriani (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Francisco Andriani (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
"I believe that the catalyst for our recent growth in this respect is a mixture of technology and communication, i.e. globalisation. Visual cultures from all over the world suddenly became easily and immediately accessible. This led to a growth in the design consciousness of ordinary people, who started appreciating and asking for better design and more efficient visual communication."
Growing up in the information-explosion era, young designer Franciso Andriani is currently studying at the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism at the University of Buenos Aires and working for the NNSS studio. Inspired by everything visual from photography to illustration, he has a particular interest in typography and structured design.
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IdN v18n6: Humorous Design — Design in Contempt
Who doesn't like to make people laugh? An ability to do this always adds something special to the message being conveyed, however serious its ultimate intent, and the rewards for those designers with a universal sense of humour, and technique to match, can be huge. In this issue, we have gathered together the work and words of 11 genuinely funny designers, who all have radically different approaches. If you think that you possess a prominent funny bone, their experiences may inspire you. We hope that some of them, at least, will leave you chortling or wryly smiling.
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Speasmaker founded and published The Drama magazine in 2000, while curating related exhibitions and running The Drama Store until 2007. He has served as art director for Anthem magazine and was comics editor for Swindle.
"Digital presentation does not diminish the effectiveness of my works. They will simply be unique in a different way. The biggest challenge in this kind of design is to create a face."
Marco Ugolini (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
"I truly believe that the element of interaction is the basis for my work as a designer. In a way, my ultimate goal is to stimulate, through my projects, more sincere relationships, better interactions between individuals. If you will allow me this little paradox, I think irony is an extremely serious thing, which I use to carry certain political messages."
Everyone has a different tolerance threshold to what they find offensive. Mine is pretty high so sometimes it’s difficult for me to predict what will possibly be going too far for some people. I’m not really that bothered if I offend a few people; it’s all part of the game. Generally, if you make a piece of work that offends two people, I’m sure there’ll be 100 other people who’ll like it, so it’s fine to upset a few along the way.
Patricio Murphy (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
"Despite globalisation, Argentinian art and design will never lose their unique flavour. There is a lot of versatility and people are very open, designers are very experimental and the city itself is very inspiring. I don’t think we’ll ever lose that willingness to re-invent ourselves."
Jonathan Gurvit (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
"I don’t think our culture is being threatened by globalisation, of which I am a big fan. It’s a powerful resource for almost everyone to increase their knowledge and their creativity and it’s good for their soul. What we have to preserve is not so much related to the characteristics of art and design, but all the things that make us unique."
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