Joshua Davis Interview
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Joshspear.com interviewed one of my all time favorite designers and huge inspiration, Joshua Davis. I first heard about Josh when he presented at Flash Forward, San Fransisco 2001. He was talking about easing equations using Flash 5 and showing off his large collection of exploratory work in Flash. He continues to create new and interesting illustrations generated from his Flash “machines”.
Here are a few quotes from the interview:
Being creative, for me, is just a way of seeing the world hyper-sensitively. It’s not something I can turn on or off or something I learned.
I have commercials clients who hire me to create systems for commercials purposes. I feel it’s harder because you need to take the rules and boundaries of the clients project and brand, try to breathe a bit of yourself into those confines, and hope you create something new and exciting that benefits your growth as a designer and helps elevate the clients brand.
I’d like for my studio and the projects we take on to attempt to innovate and not replicate — set the trend, rather than following it. A lot of time this refers to the fact that clients often aren’t thinking about innovation, they’re just looking at what’s already been done. My studio is in the business of trying new and unexpected things.
Also, check out Joshua’s Flash workshop presentation and source files
