John Stossel on Graphic Design

This film was made in 2005 for 20/20, a beloved AIGA National Conference segment in which twenty designers are asked to talk about something for one minute each. This particular year, the conference itself had no theme, leaving Jessica Helfand no choice but to write a script for John Stossel, co-host, with Elizabeth Vargas, of the ABC-TV program, 20/20.

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Comments [6]

A Classic, is there more to this?

Youssef Sarhan
09.17.09
07:47

And... awesome. The only worse typeface? Papyrus.

David Vosburg
09.25.09
03:43

yes a classic, i believe brush script is up there also!

David Calvert
12.03.09
09:34

Am I not picking up on some sort of joke? This seemed more like mockery than anything else.

Cody Popp
01.19.10
10:56

Is there really bad typefaces? or just a joke for the common use of comic sans?

Carla Oliveira
11.06.10
07:28

this is funny. and this website is great.

and @Carla Oliveira there isn't a such thing as a bad typeface its all opinion, it's just that common opinion get called fact.
I remember talking to someone saying that when i was younger Comic Sans was the best thing in the world I used type homework with it! fast forward a couple years and I hate it and think its hideous! I dont what it is! the serifs, the proportions?

bafic
02.08.11
07:17

Jessica Helfand, a founding editor of Design Observer, is an award-winning graphic designer and writer. A former contributing editor and columnist for Print, Eye and Communications Arts magazine, she is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale and a recent laureate of the Art Director’s Hall of Fame. Jessica received both her BA and MFA from Yale University where she has taught since 1994. In 2013, she won the AIGA medal.

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