If you are not familiar with Design Observer, it's a series of writings on design and culture. In an effort to be more hip with what's up in the design community, I have taken to checking in at this website on a regular basis. Today when I signed on for a little reading with my morning toast, the article "How To Be Ugly" was at the top of the page. Who can resist reading with an introduction like that?
The article is very interesting if you're interested in type or present day design. Although I'm unsure if it's wise to be creating ugly things at this point in my career, it is certainly food for thought. Observe that the creator of this magazine is a very well established and respected designer, and for that reason his work isn't immediately cast off as being the work of no-talent. So in order to be successful by creating ugly, you have to start with the attractive. Only when you're a big hit can creating ugly be interpreted as a new movement in design.
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