"There are two types of designers: Lennons and McCartneys. As a John Lennon, you create work that is message-driven, stark and serious, but you run the risk of seeming pretentious and/or naïve. (In John Lennon's defense, he was unfortunately married to the world's worst art director.) To be a Paul McCartney, on the other hand, means creating beautiful, meticulously crafted graphic design pop music, heavy on style but light on content. While either can be successful on its own (I love Wings), the best design employs both ideology and style. (See: popular music group "The Beatles")."
--- From the immensely talented Dan Cassaro, Young Jerks
3 comments:
I like turtles.
great quote g!
both uniquely different artists and amazing in their own right. "best design employs both ideology and style" so true!
can't help but make a film comparison here as well:
Lennons: Ingmar Bergman, Kubrick, Tarkovsky
McCartneys: Wes Anderson, Coen Brothas, Tarantino
I'm basing this on reflections on a quote i read recently for a religion in film course:
"[Kael & Hoberman] complains that the films of these directors [postmodernist filmmakers such as Coen Brothers or Tarantino] are all flash and no substance... They are merely pointless deconstructions or hybridizations of familiar generic categories, art objects that become, in Hoberman's phrase,"lost in a hall of mirrors."" (R. Barton Palmer, 2004)
While i don't fully agree with Hoberman's comments (Life Aquatic, Fargo & Pulp Fiction are among my favourite films and you can certainly find substance within each of those. In contrast, the majority of Hoberman's favourite films are from the 30s and 50s, his criticisms on postmodernism appropriately stems from his love of classical b&w cinema) he certainly does bring up a good point in that one can observe 'more' substance (or ideology) in works, and also 'more' form (or style) in other works.
Beatles are a rare example where both aspects fuse together in harmony for 10 very productive years (and the final 5 of which were arguably their most ground breaking) It's truly exciting when different ideologies come together (lol, sorry) and work together in collaboration!
Yes yes! Thanks for the response, B!
:-)
Oh, and in regards to Dan's works, you peeps should look at this book he did in particular (just click on the image to go through various other pages). I dream of the BOC someday collab'ing and creating works of equal-to-greater measure in the future:
http://youngjerks.com/#781034/Young-Jerks-Be-Free-Tonight
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