One of the things I find most wonderful and inspiring about design, is how much you learn.
Imagine discovering something really cool at an estate sale. This thing completely sings for you. You know it's special, but you don't know anything about it. So, you research it, and along the way you discover that the history of this object, is just a piece of an amazing puzzle. Stories, images, names and places that transport that object to a time and place where it was new, vital and poignant.
While finding out all you can about what makes this one thing special, you discover an entire world.
Every designer of the past shaped the visual world in some way. As the designers of today, it is our responsibility to recognize and respect the work of our predecessors. Luckily, it's also our joy, because the work of at least one (or many) of these designers probably inspired us to chase our dreams.
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