Showing posts with label Manfred Klein. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manfred Klein. Show all posts

Saturday, March 24, 2007

Elitist?

The computer, Postscript, the Internet and "globalization" have unleashed a couple of cultural revolutions which also churned the understanding of writing in a mess. A clear lake was transformed into a muddy marsh landscape. All the old rules and values are jeopardized, being replaced with many contradictory new ones. Non-professionals are allowed to make typography - it's the end of knowledge in the hands of a few: a lot of people who have always been reading, but hardly writing, discovered a cultural asset - design, like with silverware or chairs.
-- Manfred Klein, "Manfred Klein - the interview" (This article is a translation from the original piece in German)