Cathrine Dixon from Central St. Martins showed us around the British Library. I saw the famous beatle lyrics written on napkins that I had heard so much about. We also went to an exhibit called Sacred, with many religious texts. In many religious texts, when they get to the end of a line they will fill the rest of the space with a decorative block. Also, in the Hebrew Bible they were limited to the amount of illustrations they scould use, so they made images out of text which is called micography(?). Another thing I thought was cool were these really small Qurans that were in their own cases, that were meant to be carried with you. They werent necessarily meant to be read, it was more about having the power of the words with you.
Peter Saville talked to us at the Art Directors Guild. It was really bizarre because literally the night before a bunch of us had had a discussion that related to a significant part of what Peter Saville was talking about. Larry started wondering/worrying about the professions we were leading into and if it was selfish and insignificant, like what if we should be doing something that really helps people or gives back (for example medicine, teaching, etc.). So then we have Peter Saville talking about design and how we need to make sure that we have the sense of doing something good in what we do. I believe that as designers we have the power to make the world a little bit better, with the creativity and the ability to communicate to certain audiences you can help a cause (we all just have to make sure we dont do advertising for cigarettes). He also said that trying to do something great for something you dont care about will be crap (very good point). Peter Saville mentioned that he was surprised that our generation isnt making a bigger deal about war, and that we should. I would say that Peter Saville's talk was a nice change of pace, not hearing a super positive talk felt real and couldn't have come at a better time.
"The solution's in the problem"
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