Comments on: A DeSign of the Times

By: Dainis Graveris

Dainis Graveris — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:04:21 +0000

Angie, I am amazed that You find so much time doing guest posts for everybody..this article is nice one too :)Dainis Graveris´s last post was... 40 Really Stunning HDR Car Photos, Resources And Tutorials

By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:13:12 +0000

Yay for vintage :)

Nice round-up

By: AJ Troxell

AJ Troxell — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:47:05 +0000

woo for bringing it back!

By: Angie Bowen

Angie Bowen — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:03:38 +0000

Thanks for the comments everyone. Sorry that we just focused on James, but his work embodied the concept so well. Not that others don't, but we wanted to just stay on a singular focus. Mainly because, it's kind of a think piece that's intended to get you looking around at your favorite designs and designers to see if you catch any of these patterns in their work. (we just didn't necessarily want to spell it out) ;)And Raymond, don't sell yourself short. You're site was an easy addition!Angie Bowen´s last post was... Getting Your Traffic ‘Right’!

By: Raymond

Raymond — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:34:20 +0000

thanks for including my site alongside some great designers. personally i don't feel that i can hold a match to their work, so i really appreciate the props.Raymond´s last post was... Cross-Browser Testing In Real Time… Virtually

By: Tom McLean

Tom McLean — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:51:57 +0000

First of all, may I say thank you Angie for introducing me to James White, they are fantastic pieces.

I agree with you that elements of the past can be combined with a modern twist to create extremely lively pieces of design. You only have to look at the recent trend of using the constructivist style to see this, the CSS Tinderbox website above is a good example.

I do think it would benefit your article if you provided examples of the original pieces of design which have inspired those above. Some of us weren’t around for the first iteration. ;)
Also it would strengthen the argument if you provided alternative examples of modern print design rather than a single designer as you have done with the websites.

Keep up the good work!

By: Marcuss Zilgalvis

Marcuss Zilgalvis — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:15:10 +0000

Those are neat ;)

By: Ian Shimkoviak

Ian Shimkoviak — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:44:47 +0000

Great little write-up. Exploring vintage vernaculars in visual communication devices is imperative to a designers success. Knowing styles and their originators as well as making informed use of post-modern reference in ones design can raise the bar and really give your design an authentic voice—not a dated one.Great book designers like Milton Glacer and Carin Goldberg were masters of this ability to bring back retro forms in an original, modern context. This post-modern approach to work quickly beat down the rather boring grid-based modernism seen in the early masters.Love the posts. GREAT work.Ian Shimkoviak´s last post was... Can you hear me now? Are we relevant now?

By: kyle steed

kyle steed — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:09:03 +0000

great round-up of vintage designs/web designs. I LOVE the art of James White.kyle steed´s last post was... let it be me