Author Archives: tankboys
The Edenspiekermann Manifesto
We don’t do good work. Good work is not enough; we need to do great work. We invent new tools. That may mean throwing out the old toolbox. We need inspiration to inspire. Share your experiences, ideas, failures, successes. We … Continue reading
Ten principles for good design
Good design is innovative. The possibilities for innovation are not, by any means, exhausted. Technological development is always offering new opportunities for innovative design. But innovative design always develops in tandem with innovative technology, and can never be an end … Continue reading
Fuck Committees
(I believe in lunatics) It’s about the struggle between individuals with jagged passion in their work and today’s faceless corporate committees, which claim to understand the needs of the mass audience, and are removing the idiosyncrasies, polishing the jags, creating … Continue reading
The Vignelli Canon
Semantics. I have always said that there are three aspects in Design that are important to me: Semantic, Syntactic and Pragmatic. Let’s examine them one at the time. Semantics, for me, is the search of the meaning of whatever we … Continue reading
Manifesto Generator
One of the 18 million possible manifestos. Whisper Think more, make more Only use black Don’t make compromises for other people Learn to speak up Everything is going to be alright Engage a specialist audience Call your grandparents today Good … Continue reading
Obsessions
Obsessions make my life worse and my work better.
Slavs
You can take the Slav out of Bulgaria, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Russia, Serbia, Montenegro, Belarus, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Ukraine and the Czech Republic but you can’t take Bulgaria, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Russia, Serbia, Montenegro, Belarus, Croatia, Bosnia and … Continue reading
The cult of Done Manifesto
There are three states of being. Not knowing, action and completion. Accept that everything is a draft. It helps to get done. There is no editing stage. Pretending you know what you’re doing is almost the same as knowing what … Continue reading
The Pesto Manifesto
This is the pesto manifesto; an improvised recipe of sorts. When making pesto, here are some things to keep in mind: Must use organic garlic if you live in the 21st Ce. Must use fresh basil from your mom or … Continue reading
Credo
I believe that, whatever design problem you need to solve, you should face it with rationality, logic and careful analysis if you want to get to the right idea. Graphic design is always a synthetic work: you need to reduce … Continue reading