October 18, 2010 - December 15, 2010
Special Exhibition Galleries, 2nd floor
The Graphic Design Museum is the first to feature the works of famed graphic designer Vince Frost. The collection of designs on display reflects the full breadth of the designer's award winning designs and it shows the inspiration for his work.
For this graphic designer, inspiration for his designs is rooted on his own family. Vince Frost explains:
"My kids are completely free," he smiles. "I can see beautiful things coming out of them; beautiful paintings and beautiful questions. Then you see schools setting lines to get their handwriting neater, so it looks like an example of how the whole world is set. What does that do to us? It makes our handwriting neater, but it af fects the way we think; our free flow. There is a very positive energy that is then made to feel like it's wrong." (Carson 2).
"What they teach me is their incredibly inquisitive minds; they're always making things," he continues. "That's what we should do as designers. Often we spend our whole life, our whole education, learning how not to be spontaneous, how not to question things. For me the most important thing is to have the freedom to have an open mind; a questioning mind." (Carson 2).
"Interpretation, Vince insists, makes all the difference and taking the time to glimpse the world through a child's eyes can bring a refreshing sideways angle to almost anything." (Carson 2).