My new YouTube channel and the first video about Giovanni Pintori inspired web design
I’ve made videos before, including a few series for New Riders—back in the day—and an Art Direction for the Web companion series for Skillshare. For ages, I wanted to make more videos and publish them on YouTube. Now, I’ve made a start.
One of the things I want to do with this new channel is to study work from designers who work outside the web on books, graphics, magazines, or other projects. I want to understand the problems they hope to solve, see what we can learn, and then apply that to the web.
This is important because if we’re going to keep improving product and website designs, we need to look for design inspiration in different places. If we always only look at other products and websites for inspiration, we’ll end up with carbon copies and pale imitations.
In my first video, I talk about one of my favourite Italian designers, Giovanni Pintori. He did incredible work for Olivetti, the Italian business machine manufacturer, including their brochures, catalogues, and other marketing materials. Then, I break down some of his ideas and use them to make something for the web inspired by him.
I think YouTubers are supposed to say, “If you like this video, Like, subscribe, and don’t forget to hit the bell to be notified when the next one’s available.” So yeah, do that.