Name: Design and discovery
Uploaded: 2009-01-19T08:08:00Z
Duration: 22 min 20 s
Description: Great design is a never-ending journey of discovery -- for which it helps to pack a healthy sense of humor. Sociologist and surfer-turned-designer David Carson walks through a gorgeous (and often quite funny) slide deck of his work and found images.

David Carson: Design and discovery

Design and discovery

Great design is a never-ending journey of discovery -- for which it helps to pack a healthy sense of humor. Sociologist and surfer-turned-designer David Carson walks through a gorgeous (and often quite funny) slide deck of his work and found images.

Design reaches people before words do, shaping their emotional response with every detail. Even two identical garage doors can convey wildly different moods through expression alone. Simplicity and minimalism have their place, but intuition, personal experience, and humor give design its real power. Found art, unexpected juxtapositions, and even a burned-out slide projector all remind us that the human element drives truly memorable work.