British designer Peter Saville is one of my all time favorite graphic designers. He is best known for designing the seminal Joy Division, New Order, and Suede album covers. I can't get enough of his sublime style and color palettes, but it is his work as a typographer that I love the most. On his website he has posted many of these typefaces for free. They are beautiful, they are free, and you don't get to say that very often.
Anyway, I found this great list on another graphic design blog. Enjoy.
'Things I Learnt from Peter Saville' by Sarah Morris
1 Never answer phone calls directly until after midday.
2 Use all surfaces as work space including the carpet and coffee tables and closets and drawers.
3 Think of your persona. Think of your house as your persona. Think of possessions as extensions of your persona.
4 The preparation of coffee is an art form.
5 Treat all institutions with heavy scepticism.
6 Treat yourself sceptically but very indulgently.
7 Money is to be spent only. Well and fast.
8 Collect all ephemera around your life and work and archive it incessantly.
9 Never learn computer programs. Don't get that involved with technical information.
10 Take notes. Carry paper.
11 Areas of comprise have potential.
