Inspiration.

02Sep09

The dictionary defines ‘inspiration’ as, “an arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity.” And by this, I know it will probably be incredibly difficult to narrow down two main inspirations that have led me to study Graphic Design. I could say my true passion stems from all the years of “reading” glossy high-end fashion magazines and the typically overpriced high-brow art publications. And the reason I stress ‘reading,’ is mainly due to the fact that I would ‘read’ the context as much as I would ‘read’ the design. The process of a layout design, saddle-stitch binding, mathematically perfected margins, bleeds, the integration of typography, alongside all of the many other factors that go into printing a publication– I knew growing inside me was this fascination towards print design that has been self-confirming for so long, and I knew I was to be a part of it. What I find so great about the socio-cultural connection with print publications  to the world, is that it’s inspiring to have something to feed current specialized specific information to their consumer, who will most likely pass on that information to someone else, and then to someone else, and so forth. Basically, I find magazines are essentially a primitive print version of current RSS feeds. And in this world that is becoming virtually and digitally dominated at exponential speeds, I continue to appreciate my love in the principles of print and it’s contribution to inspire students like myself who wishes they could afford a $120 subscription every year.

Here is a link to a magazine solely dedicated to typography, one of my favorites.
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