Circles are everywhere. One can hardly take more than a few steps down the sidewalk without walking over, under or past them. Whether perfectly round or more than a little craggy, this shape is a continual reminder that everything in life will eventually come full circle. Collect them while you can.
Thoughts on design 1.2
Designers discuss typography in terms of good and bad. Good typography consists of perfect kerning, readable leading, and the perfect choice of display headlines. Bad typography consist of stretched, distorted, and poorly kerned type. While graphic designers and typographers focus on the details of type, does the general public do the same? Probably not. From an objective viewpoint, my assumption is that most people (i.e. non-designers) see typography and text as texture. When walking down a hallway, do you notice the texture of the wallpaper? While taking a shortcut through an alley, do you notice the texture of the brick in an alleyway?
Less often than not.
Thoughts on design 1.1
Our culture is obsessed with being original, yet I can find a million people that follow a trend. Hipsters crave differentiation but they're all the same. Designers that use nothing but Helvetica crave simplicity, but more often than not, their simplicity ends up looking the same. I'm not saying this because I'm any different, it's just an observation.