are sadly more known to the public than real ones. I thought it’d be fun to start a list of Graphic Designers, or references that make design ‘cool’, in movies, tv, books, etc. I’ll start with a couple:
_Juno 2007, where she says “Ick! I don’t want to give my baby to a couple who describes themselves as “wholesome.” I was looking for, maybe, a thirty-something graphic designer with a cool Asian girlfriend who kicks ass on the bass guitar, but I don’t know, I don’t wanna get too particular.
_The Office, Pam wants to be a graphic designer.
oh god, and also: Hailey Berry’s character in Catwoman is/was a graphic designer
_Dustin Hoffman in Kramer Vs Kramer was an Art Director in Advertising
_A lot of the people of Mad Men I would consider too (they just didn’t know it back then hah)
tagged with: celebs, design
responses to “fictional designers who…”
zebra
May 12th, 2008 at 2:36 pmhttp://www.with-re.de
In the last office where Pam talks to the graphic designer at the job fair and started to have second thoughts. OH PAM!
http://www.typophile.com/node/36404
evan rowe
May 12th, 2008 at 5:28 pmhttp://www.designexplained.com
Ellen Page’s (Juno) father in real life is actually a Graphic Designer. I won’t lie, I’m hoping that should she and I ever cross paths, this will give me some kind of edge or inside track. With my luck though, she’s probably sick of designers and would rather get involved with an accountant.
Alternatively, I’d be more than happy to give Pam some lessons…bwa ha ha.
Seagull
May 12th, 2008 at 8:02 pmthis post wasn’t supposed to be an outlet for all of your guy’s sexual frustrations and unhealthy infatuations with delusions
Jessi Long
May 13th, 2008 at 10:43 amhttp://www.jessilong.com
I thought last nights “How I met your Mother” had a funny critique scene.
Robin keeps saying the painting is “Neat.”
Ted: Observe (clears throat)
He starts talking about the brushwork and the compositionand it’s “Kandinsky-like emotional resonance”.
Robin: And you can enjoy it even if you’re not a pretentious douche.
Ted: Robin, are the colors “Neat” or “Neato burrito.”
em.dash
May 15th, 2008 at 11:08 amOne design/creative fictional reference I can recall, is on a music video. Some of you may remember the oh-so-over-played “Bad Day” by Daniel Powter.
Although the song is a bit whinny for my taste (I’m sorry if anyone is/was a fan), I really did enjoy the video. It depicted the boy and girl as illustrators, living parallel lives. Even though they seem to love what they do, their work places aren’t as fun, and they both seem to not ‘fit in’. Being on the other side now (the ‘real world’) I can relate to that feeling we sometimes get, of having average lives, day in and day out… but the lesson in this story is to keep life interesting and try hard to not become boring-old-cranky-wasted people. And who knows, we may even find love while drawing on subway billboards with dry-erase markers.
Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIcFgl6zf3A