Non-designers so often think of design as “decorating”. We designers strive to help them understand otherwise.
A wonderful example of how design can change lives appeared this morning in the L.A. Times. The big story is one about architecture and the challenges of designing for the homeless.
But there’s a smaller article, too.
There’s a great little independent comedy opening in April. The talented Gabriel Tigerman (Wendy’s son) is in it, but that’s just icing on the cake.
This is an original, wacky, funny film that’s been striving valiantly to get released since it was made, and it deserves to be seen.
One especially cool thing about Skills is its poster (key art).
To me, it embodies just what an indie film campaign should be. It’s a striking graphic image — memorable and intriguing — and it doesn’t look at all “Hollywood”.
I’m not sure who designed the main graphic, but Wendy (who’s our head writer and my co-creative director on many projects) used it to create this overall poster with all the quotes and logos. It’s a tight solution to a complex visual problem and I think it works really nicely.
Go see Skills Like This. See those awards? ‘Nuff said.
