LE DESIGN II

By far the most compelling graphic design I saw while I was in Geneva had to be the guerilla artwork I discovered hidden on poles, alleys and secluded walls mostly off the beaten path. While most were obviously overtly political and aimed at the neo-fascist American agenda and complacent citizenry, others were more oblique, offering no real explanation at all, which made them all the more fascinating. Tagging was prevalent and usually pointless, though there were some excellent examples of illustrative artwork there for the taking, the leaping Spiderman a particularly clever example.

LE DESIGN

Back in college I had a British, Swiss-educated designer who had to be about the most unenthusiastic educator I’d ever met. Nevertheless, grid theory was forever blazoned on my brain and took me years to get over, if I ever really did. What poster work and design I did see was almost exactly what I expected, clean and precise with a few things bordering on edgy, something most Swiss designers probably feel compelled to be anything but. Have to admit the cow yoga thing fascinated me in a kind of repellent way.