Thousands of years ago I worked, briefly, with a fantastic designer called Stefan Bucher. He did some completely gorgeous and intricate Microsoft print ads which got horribly swallowed up by the general morass of badness that surrounded w+k and microsoft. (And, I'm starting to remember, we also spent time practising being in a radio play written by another friend Jed. Wow, I haven't thought about that for a long time.) I'd love to see those ads again. I think they're some of the best stuff I've ever been involved with and they've been buried by history.
Anyway, Stefan took off for LA to be free of our morass and design beautiful things and I've not seen him forever. Then I bought a book about Graphic Design which I really liked, and then I spotted that it was written by Stefan and I was really incredibly happy to see his little picture and read his words. I have absolutely no hesitation recommending it to anyone. It's supposed to be about design but it's actually about creativity, integrity and imagination. Things we should all pay attention to.
Buy a copy. Buy several. And, while you're at it, visit his splendid site and watch his fantastic talk at the San Diego Y conference. He's smart and funny.
All I remember was a flaming chair, a bad ass transformer robot IT dude and seeing Stefan hanging out working 3am on Sundays (often). Not for the faint of heart.
Posted by: scrubber | November 23, 2005 at 04:51 AM
I wonder where Pam Button is these days?
Posted by: anne | November 23, 2005 at 09:20 PM