4 posts tagged “design”
Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent dies at 71
By ELAINE GANLEY, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
PARIS - Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent,
who reworked the rules of fashion by putting women into elegant
pantsuits that came to define how modern women dressed, died Sunday
evening, a longtime friend and associate said. He was 71.
Each day our world changes, the old quickly vanishing, displaced by inspired new designs, new perspectives and brilliant imaginative creations. Society seemingly demands it, our fascination and appetite for embracing the new apparently endless. Who of us is not awed by the scale of Dubai’s architecture, amused by the latest television commercial, drawn to the value and logic of the Prius Hybrid automobile or the aesthetic and functional design of Apple’s iPhone?
The original wall circa 1966 (top) and details of the gastro-typography (above). (FROM AIGA)
CHECK OUT SOME COOL ADS FOUND IN NYLON MAGAZINE [MARCH 2008]
Read this and you'll understand why designing "badly" is a good thing.
