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“Typography is a hidden tool of manipulation within society.”

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Neville Brody, born on April 23, 1957, is a renowned graphic designer from the United Kingdom. His career began in the late 1970s, and he is known for his unique visual style and innovative contributions to the field of graphic design. more

“Kiddies, Graphic Design, if you wield it effectively, is Power. Power to transmit ideas that change everything. Power that can destroy an entire race or save a nation from despair. In this century, Germany chose to do the former with the swastika, and America opted for the latter with Mickey Mouse and Superman.”

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Book:The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters

Source: The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters

“Commercial Art tries to make you buy things. Graphic Design gives you ideas.”

Giving Trying Art Ideas Design Graphic Graphic Design Commercial Art

Book:The Cheese Monkeys

Source: The Cheese Monkeys

“Design is, literally, purposeful planning. Graphic Design, then, is the form those plans will take.”

Form Plans Design Planning Graphic Graphic Design

Book:The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters

Source: The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters

“Never fall in love with an idea. They're whores.”

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Book:The Cheese Monkeys

Source: The Cheese Monkeys

“I had no idea what I was doing, I had no idea where I was going, but at some point I stopped — when to keep going would seem like I was going too far.”

Ideas Seems No Idea Keep Going

Author:Chip Kidd

“I think the genre of comics sometimes overtakes the medium, and people assume that they are kind of frivolous. If you have a good, strong story teller, they can be as affecting as any character in literature. Period.”

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Author:Chip Kidd

“I'd rather go with something eccentric--but beautifully eccentric.”

Eccentric

Author:April Greiman

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