"You know my paper heart
The one I filled with pencil marks
I think I might have gone and inked you in."
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Our perception of the world around us is not a true depiction of what is actually there. We perceive, to a large extent, what we expect to perceive. Our expectations - and therefore our perceptions - are biased by three factors:
The past: our experience
The present: the current context
The future: our goals
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- Designing With The Mind in Mind - Jeff Johnson
"No one gives a damn about graphic design and color. That doesn’t change anyone’s life; that doesn’t mean anything."
- A somewhat surprising assertion from well-known graphic designer,
James Victore, speaking at the recent 99% Conference. Victore went on to describe his work for the NYC Department of Probation (see a
slideshow of the work in the spacecontext designed by Jim Biber of
Biber Architects.) It’s clear that Victore does think that design can make a difference when considered holistically, and he closed with a piece of encouraging advice for the assembled design-centric crowd: “Just ask! Ask for more time. Ask for more creativity. Ask for more money. We always ask, and we sometimes get it.” And, he concluded: “at the risk of sounding like a Miss America runner up, your work is a gift. My work is a gift. My work for the DOP was a gift… The world is waiting for your gift. Give it to them with both barrels.” (via
thoughtyoushouldseethis)