PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Written and designed for Plastikcomb magazine—“Melding art with design” is its tagline—I created this to synthesize thoughts about design practice in 2024 in a format that suited its primary content and the publication’s creative mission and audience.

A manifesto that doesn’t constantly evolve and change isn’t a manifesto for the 21st century. If anything, “no manifesto(s)” is a good philosophy for a world of neverending gray and constant change. The design reflects the flux of constant rethinking and reediting that will continue well past the print publication of this piece. Traditional design refinement has no place in a world where hardline design rules don’t really exist anymore. Instead, the evolving and messy process is everything.

PROJECT INFORMATION

Entry Type: Single Entry

Channel: Print

Primary Role of the Designer: Designer as author

Client Relationship: Unknown (NA) / Other (if other, please explain) Commissioned piece.

Intention of the Project: Unknown (NA) / Other (if other, please explain) A design manifesto for the 21st century.

Development Budget: Confidential / Not available

Production/Execution Budget: Decline to state

Source of Funding: Client

Typefaces: Replica, Founders Grotesque Mono

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Designers: Eric Heiman

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Copywriter: Eric Heiman

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Other Credits: Volume Inc. - Design Firm

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