Video: 12 Steps to Hell

According to Milton Glaser, these are 12 steps to hell for a designer.

The music for this video is by Yann Tiersen, and the song is called "Naval".

The animated design is by Amanda Keenan.



 And I would have to agree.

Can design be a moral issue? Do designers have a responsibility to the greater good? What part does personal integrity play in design decisions?


More Milton Glaser:

Milton's most recent show at School of Visual Arts, which is a 50-year retrospective of nearly 100 works he created for the school.

Milton, the Work

His source of inspiration, video conversation

Intro to Inform and Delight, video clip

Milton Glaser: To Inform and Delight, 73 min. documentary

Cardboard record player

This has been around for awhile, but I'm still entertained by it. Clever. Love it!



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A day made of glass

They have me sold...

What Your Desk Says About You

My coworker sent this video to me...with a -hint-hint- wink.

Desk - Music and Sound Design from Aaron Trinder Film:Motion:Music on Vimeo.

Is your desk a state of mind or an actual place?

These are all inspirational, but none of these are my work desk.

This is my desk.



My desk has a pile of paper 15" high that symbolizes the amount of work the team has done this year in creating and editing specifications for the next generation of Vanguard.com.

Sort of like those goal "thermometers" you see for fund-raising efforts.

But my pile of paper is symbolic of the constant change to standards and the effort it has taken to stay on top of them, not of reaching a lofty goal.

Necessary work, but hardly rewarding.

Standards are never done, never completely right, and never fully embraced or appreciated.

So I take satisfaction in that pile of paper, applaud myself and teammates as it grows, and will relish sending it to the recycle bin when I rotate off the project at the end of the year.

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