On: Easel: Design without a Designer

[schrijver]

I would never recommend dribbble though, it’s glossy run of the mill boring stuff! You’d do better with dabbling in design history… My favourite design education text is the book ‘Thinking with Type’, which combines practical knowledge with a inspirational reading of typographic history, renaissance books, swiss grids, postmodern experiments http://www.thinkingwithtype.com/

[wccrawford → schrijver]

The post is aimed at people who admit they can't design well. Starting with the boring run-of-the-mill stuff is exactly what they need.

For people with some good designs of their own under their belt, moving onto more advanced topics is appropriate.

[schrijver → wccrawford]

That’s like saying that if you want to learn how to paint you shouldn’t be visiting the Louvre, you should go to a mediocre art fair instead! That’s not true, you need great examples at each stage of the journey.