Four Things For Designers
You probably have noticed the “four things” survey traveling through the blogs. Well, fellow BADG co-founder, Adrian Hanft, tagged me for this. Since I don’t really have a personal blog to share my list, I struggled to come up with a way to answer the questions. I decided to tweak the questions to focus more on the average designer’s perspective. I’m sure many of you will disagree with the answers on the list, but I had to start somewhere. Add you own thoughts, make corrections, or give me your entire list.
This is the part where I pass the torch onto the next four people. I’m setting my sites high. Lets see if our fellow Battle of the Ad Blogs nominees will answer the call. Design Observer, Speak Up, Cameron Moll and Core 77 … I would like to see your unique perspective on this list of questions. I dare them to put this random and viral material on their coveted and highly thought-out blogs. If Kottke can do it, why can’t they?
Four jobs that we (today’s designers) do regularly:
1. Typographer
2. Photographer
3. Customer Service Rep
4. Salesperson
Four movies designers can watch over and over:
1. Fight Club (men) Moulin Rouge (women) . . . I apologize in advance for the vast generalization
2. The Matrix
3. 12 Monkeys
4. Office Space
Four places in the US where designers “should” live (I’ve never lived in any of these cities):
1. New York
2. San Francisco
3. Chicago
4. Seattle
Four places designers should visit /four places I want to visit:
Four of the best food/edible products to design packaging for:
1. Wine
2. Coffee product
3. anything Italian
4. Soda
Four sites designers visit daily (besides SU & DO):
1. Google Image Search
2. Flickr
3. Photos.com (except no one will admit it)
4. AIGA Job Listings
Four TV shows designers love:
1. The Office (British version)
2. The Office (American version)
3. Curb Your Enthusiam
4. Battlestar Galactica (according to Debbie Millman, Adrian Hanft and Chris)
Four clients we would rather be working for:
1. Target
2. Apple
3. Any Paper Company
4. Non-profit that will change the world
Four bloggers I am passing the torch to (four other blogs nominated for battle of the ad blogs):
1. Design Observer
2. Speak Up
3. Cameron Moll
4. Core 77
March 4th, 2006 at 11:29 am
Speak Up took the bait and went back to the questions that Kottke posted. Thanks Debbie!
March 6th, 2006 at 5:29 pm
Four jobs I’ve had:
1. Car Detailer
2. Pet Store Clerk
3. Car Salesman
4. Detassler
Four movies I can watch over and over:
1. The Big Lebowski
2. Raising Arizona
3. Spaceballs
4. Coming to America
Four places I’ve lived:
1. 7th Street, Hastings, NE
2. Pacific Avenue, SF
3. Harrison Street, SF
4. Larkin Street, SF
Four TV shows I love:
1. My Name is Earl
2. South Park
3. Family Guy
4. The Sopranos
Three highly regarded and recommended TV shows that I’ve never watched a single minute of:
1. Grey’s Anatomy
2. NYPD Blue
3. 24
Four places I’ve vacationed:
1. South Africa
2. Thailand
3. Australia
4. London
Four of my favorite dishes:
1. Cheesesteaks
2. Runza
3. Double Double Animal Style at the In n Out
4. Chicken Cordon Bleu
Four design sites I visit daily (besides BADG):
1. Design Observer
2. SpeakUp
3. Fecal Face
4. Typographica
Four other sites I visit daily:
1. The Phat Phree (check this out)
2. CNN
3. YouTube
4. ebay
5. Google
Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Thailand
2. With my family in Nebraska
3. In bed
4. in my 57 Chevy
March 11th, 2006 at 8:22 pm
Well Bill,your life is a huge success compared to mine.The farthest i’ve travelled is to Tijuana.