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Good things are associated with blue, like clear days, more than singing the blues. Just the word 'blue' in the singular is full of optimism and positive connotation to most people.

~David Carson

Topics: Associated Blue Blues Clear Connotation Days Full Good Good Things Just Like More Most Optimism People Positive Singing Singular Than Things Word

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I'm a big believer in the emotion of design, and the message that's sent before somebody begins to read, before they get the rest of the information; what is the emotional response they get to the product, to the story, to the painting - whatever it is.

~David Carson

Topics: Before Begins Believer Big Big Believer Design Emotion Emotional Get Information Message Painting Product Read Response Rest Sent Somebody Story Whatever

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Some people hate lime-green; red has all this emotional baggage. Blue seems to be overall one of the more positive colors, and a little more serious than yellow.

~David Carson

Topics: Baggage Blue Colors Emotional Hate Little More Overall People Positive Red Seems Serious Some Some People Than Yellow

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For some reason I have a visual intuition that allows me to design things in an interesting way, and I don't know where that came from. Because I don't have this formal training, I seem to drift in a different direction.

~David Carson

Topics: Because Came Design Different Direction Drift Formal Interesting Intuition Know Me Reason Seem Some Things Training Visual Way Where

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The dreaded phrase in design circles is 'show and tell.'

~David Carson

Topics: Circles Design Dreaded Phrase Show Tell

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As we get more technically driven, the importance of people becomes more than it's ever been before. You have to utilize who you are in your work. Nobody else can do that: nobody else can pull from your background, from your parents, your upbringing, your whole life experience.

~David Carson

Topics: Background Becomes Been Before Driven Else Ever Experience Get Importance Life Life Experience More Nobody Nobody Else Parents People Pull Technically Than Upbringing Utilize Who Whole Work You Your

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Just because something's legible doesn't means it communicates. More importantly, it doesn't mean it communicates the right thing. So, what is the message sent before somebody actually gets into the material? And I think that's sometimes an overlooked area.

~David Carson

Topics: Actually Area Because Before Gets Importantly Just Just Because Material Mean Means Message More Overlooked Right Right Thing Sent Somebody Something Sometimes The Right Thing Thing Think I Think

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Overall, people are reading less.

~David Carson

Topics: Less Overall People Reading

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Having done a lot of magazines, I'm very curious how big magazines handle big stories, and I was very curious to see how 'Time' and 'Newsweek' would handle 9/11. And I was basically pretty disappointed to see that they had chosen to show the photo we'd already seen a million times, which was basically the moment of impact.

~David Carson

Topics: Basically Big Chosen Curious Disappointed Done Had Handle Having How Impact Lot Magazines Million Million Times Moment Photo Pretty See Seen Show Stories Time Times Very Which Would

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I think we've seen a lot of examples of giving a name its own definition in the dot-com world. Amazon, Google, Yahoo - these are names we never would have dreamed major corporations would choose.

~David Carson

Topics: Amazon Choose Corporations Definition Dreamed Examples Giving Google Lot Major Name Names Never Own Seen Think World Would Yahoo I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Designer

Born: September 8th, 1954

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