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It has been a long time since I’ve been so captivated by a documentary – but I watched Helvetica with a few friends last night, and I think I could probably quote parts of it now. I loved it.

Rarely, as a designer, do I get to be immersed in content created by someone else that is relevant to what I thoroughly love and do everyday, but this was exactly that.  A movie about type and design, and a broader discussion of design as an important part of life.

One of my favorite parts of the film (other than the “For Crystal Meth, call Christine” sign) was the clash between modernists like Wim Crouwel and Massimo Vignelli, postmodernists like David Carson, and then younger, more contemporary designers like Lars Müller.  I feel a lot like Müller when I design – I know the “rules” that the modernists set and the postmodernists broke - and I know the reasons for each – but I design by my own set of rules and motives.