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About The Speaker
David Carson is the "grunge typographer" whose magazine Ray Gun helped explode the possibilities of text on a page.
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About This Talk
Great design is a never-ending journey of discovery -- for which it helps to pack a healthy sense of humor. Sociologist and surfer-turned-designer David Carson walks through a gorgeous (and often quite funny) slide deck of his work and found images.

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