David Carson is an award-winning American Graphic designer. He is renowned for his distinctive contemporary design and his handling of typography, particularly his “grunge” technique.

I, who is new to the Graphic Design scene, his work felt aimless or accidental. However, the closer I looked I realized that it wasn’t. It was purposeful.

I suppose that is the point of his work, to stand out and lure you in the way it did to me. Some of my favorite quotes from him were…

“Never snap to guides, we want your mind, not your software.”

“If everyone loves your work, you are playing it much too safe.”

The point of Graphic Design is to make someone want to look at this poster or pick up this business card, not everything has to be clean and simple to achieve that.