Typophile - what is the stereotypical behavior and appearance of a designer? - Comments

Tom I can’t imagine what

sii — Tue, 5 Feb 2008 06:53:14 -0800

Tom I can’t imagine what you were searching for to find this thread - but joining Typophile so you could bring it back to life was not a good move. Sorry :-(

Anyway welcome to Typophile! The only way is up.

... and that makes it

russellm — Tue, 5 Feb 2008 04:20:39 -0800

... and that makes it special, so thanks for dredging it up, dude. ;P

-=®=-

This has to be the most

Tom Shayne — Mon, 4 Feb 2008 17:13:03 -0800

This has to be the most inane topic and premise I have ever read on a blog. Wow!

Chill, dude. Some of us

lbothell — Mon, 8 Aug 2005 12:14:16 -0700

Chill, dude. Some of us looking into this research ARE in an ever-expanding, ever changing group of folks who meet in person & hang out. Some of these do have some of those qualities.

The goal here is to see what people think and want to add to increase understanding and get accurate research from folks who live in areas where we can’t meet in person, not to get exclusionary negative comments. Thanks. :0)

Don’t worry Andi, he’ll

dezcom — Fri, 5 Aug 2005 10:36:16 -0700

Don’t worry Andi, he’ll get the hang of it :-)

ChrisL

That site is great Miles,

andi emery — Fri, 5 Aug 2005 09:51:26 -0700

That site is great Miles, thanks!
(Now I hate to be elitist but should someone tell Mr. Van that he is using tick marks instead of quotation marks on his home page and if he’s going to use them properly, he should really try hanging punctuation?)

I love the “Elite

dezcom — Fri, 5 Aug 2005 08:29:07 -0700

I love the “Elite Designers” site!

ChrisL

www.elitedesigners.org

miles — Fri, 5 Aug 2005 08:00:25 -0700

www.elitedesigners.org

I loved it when Erik

andi emery — Thu, 4 Aug 2005 11:04:17 -0700

I loved it when Erik Spierkman said something along the lines of: “When people ask me what I do and I tell them that I design typefaces, they ask me why I bother when all I have to do is use the ones that already come supplied on the computer.” That was precious.

Oh man, Tiff - that is

andi emery — Thu, 4 Aug 2005 11:00:19 -0700

Oh man, Tiff - that is great!!!

Just before bedtime one night, I was reading a book on Essays by typographers. I turned to my husband and said, “You gotta hear this, it’s great” and read him a passage. Minutes later, I looked over and he was fast asleep. I gave him a push and said “Hey! Did you miss that?!” Without turning over he answered, “Hun, it’s like you’re reading out of the Sears catalogue to me.” Sigh.... Us designers have to stick together...

LOL!!! My wife would love

dezcom — Thu, 4 Aug 2005 10:52:17 -0700

LOL!!! My wife would love it if I said that :-)

ChrisL

It has taken some time, but

Miss Tiffany — Thu, 4 Aug 2005 10:52:08 -0700

It has taken some time, but most of my clients with whom I have a long standing relationship with now know that the conferences I attend have to do with typefaces. However, I doubt I’ll ever get them to understand why people gather to discuss something like typefaces. “You mean like the fonts in Word?”

Oh yes, Chris, you have to

andi emery — Thu, 4 Aug 2005 10:51:27 -0700

Oh yes, Chris, you have to aim higher.. not that there is anything WRONG with being a plumber!

When I went through Customs on my way to NYC, the agent asked me what I was doing in the big city. I answered that I was going to a Type Conference. “A Tape Conference”? she asked. “No, Type... letters, alphabets...,” I tried to explain. She just looked at me deadpan. The next time I was asked why I was in NY, I replied, “Conference on Letters”. The gentleman I was speaking to raised an eyebrow, “Leather?” he said. “No, no!,” I said, “LETTERS - L E T T E R S!” The third and final type someone asked me, I replied “I’m a designer here for a design conference”. That was easy!

No, no. At parties, you tell

hrant — Thu, 4 Aug 2005 10:49:03 -0700

No, no. At parties, you tell them you’re a talent scout.

hhp

“…Erik Spiekerman gave

dezcom — Thu, 4 Aug 2005 10:42:36 -0700

”...Erik Spiekerman gave re: When people now ask me what I do for a living, I tell them I am a brain surgeon and they are happy with that answer...”

For years, I having telling the same kind of people at parties that I am a plumber. I guess I should have aimed higher? Perhaps Type High?

ChrisL

what is the stereotypical behavior and appearance of a designer?

alchion — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 13:15:50 -0700

I am doing research for marketing materials the be used for a new non-profit graphic designers group based in northern america. We have a name and domain registered (which can not disclose at this stage as we still have trademarking and legal issues pending) The name has dual meaning, one which implies that designers and creatives are almost a species unto themselves.As I mentioned before, I want to design marketing materials and an advertising campaign around this theme, so I need to do a bit of research to discover what the most common perceptions are with regards to designers/creatives- aesthetics, dress code (or lack there of), body language, interaction, sleep patterns, attitude toward life, politics, clients, the law, etc...
I realize this can be an endless list, but it will of course be narrowed down to the stereotypes that are most commonly percieved by the public at large.
I would expect this research to get off in some crazy directions. I expect the final expressions will be full of humor.

Designers Feel: Superior, Egotistic, Passionate, hate when less creative folks get paid more then themselves, etc...

Designers Desire: Sexual partner to position themselves as letterforms during intercourse-like Eastern Indian’s have The Karma Sutra, etc..

Designers Wear: black turtlenecks, have cool glasses, have tattoos of letterforms instead of names of loved ones....

Designer Think: