Being a sucker for anti-design, this book is my holy bible.

I was inspired to read this book after seeing David Carson in the documentary film Helvetica. I loved his assertion that you can't assume something communicates just because it's legible.

This book was my lunch buddy for a couple of weeks as I studied its contents. I was uplifted every day by the notion that you can throw out all the rules and succeed beautifully.

The End of Print provides plenty of examples of Carson's exciting approach to graphic design, including one of my favorites mentioned in Helvetica. He was once asked to lay out a magazine article about Bryan Ferry. Carson read the interview and felt it covered no new ground. He tried setting the text in every single typeface he had installed on his computer at the time, working his way through the alphabetical listing until he got to the last one. So, he set the entire story in Zapf Dingbats and the magazine printed it that way. My hero!

Early in his graphic design career, Carson worked at a skateboard magazine that allowed him to experiment. During this time, Carson learned to question any formal preconception. Now, thanks to this book, I'm doing more of that myself.

Anything that David Carson touches turns to golden chaos. He is the edge, of the cutting and 'Born to be Wild' is probably his anthem. The bane of art teachers everywhere, there is a freedom in his style flies in the face of reason.
... I can't remember what this book is about though, all i remember is the graphics :)

classic for designers/design students

David Carson is 'the' graphic designer of the decade. Whenever I'm stuck in a rut and need to get out of my grids, I pick up this book for inspiration.

Great overview of David Carson's work, daring and inspiring!