Touch
It touches everything you care about ⎮ So I want you to take a stand here. This is a constantly and rapidly evolving relationship that has defined our past, defines our present, and will forever define our future. It touches everything you care about. From
Zines Will Never Die
In an age where paper and print and the future of books is called into question - zines endure. Handmade high weirdness. Chaos and edge. The stuff that has impact and the stuff that truly lasts has always been strange
future mechanism
If I had of created this using Illustrator and Indesign and no inspiration from anywhere but within my own tweaked mind I would have been ecstatic
Paper Doesn’t Crash
Graphic designer Chris Ashworth asks where the human is in the work. David Carson is constantly scanning - for stuff that is not homogenised by technology. Both still work offline. And have noticed that paper doesn't crash
Hell Yeah It is
One of the early criticisms of David Carson’s work was it was self indulgent. His response to that was, “Hell yeah it is. I’m totally into it”. Fuck I love Carson's vibe
Let It Be
I’m asked to explain. The inexplicable. And to make something tangible. From methods that in reality are abstract. If a student stands up on behalf of the group and says, “what you did here will stay with us for life” is that
Chasing Tension
I find tension really easy to spot but astonishingly hard to recreate in my own artistic work. I asked a graphic design teacher if it is supposed to feel uncomfortable. He said, "like a rubber band is about to snap".
Inadvertent Art
I often look down at the piece of paper I have been using to mix and trial colours and test different approaches - and go "Wow that is a better and more artistic piece of work than the thing I
Wet Earth
"As dark, and dense, and wet as Earth". Kate tempest, 'Hold Your Own'. Image: Cabarita 09 ⎮02 ⎮ 2020