yeah I’m losing my edge
I’m losing my edge
the kids
are coming up from behind
I’m losing my edge
I’m losing my edge
to the kids
from yale
and from sciarch
but I was there
I was there in 1898
I was there at the first punchcutting of aksidenz-grotesk
I’m losing my edge
I’m losing my edge
to the kids
whose footsteps I hear
when they pin up their work
I’m losing my edge
to the internet seekers
who can tell me
every draftsman
from every good firm
from 1962 to 1978
I’m losing my edge
I’m losing my edge
to all the kids
in tokyo and berlin
to the art school brooklynites
with little moleskines
and borrowed nostalgia for unbuilt saint petersburg
I’m losing my edge
I’m losing my edge
but I was there
I was there
I was there
I’m losing my edge
I’m losing my edge
I can hear the footsteps
every night at the computer
but I was there
I was there in 1975 at the first publication of the push pin graphic
I was working on the kerning, with much patience
I was there when martin venezky started up his first firm
I said “don’t do it that way, you’ll never make a dime”
I was there
I was the first guy showing lot/ek
to the deconstructivists
I showed ‘em at cooper union
everybody thought it was crazy
we all know, I was there
I was there
I’ve never been wrong
I used to work at phaidon
I saw everything before everyone
I was there at weimar with johannes itten
I was there at the GSD during great debate between christopher alexander and peter eisenman
I woke up face on the keyboard after final GSAPP crits in 1997
but I’m losing my edge
to bettter looking people
with better ideas
and more talent
who are actually really really nice
I’m losing my edge
I heard you have a bookshelf with every good book
every great poster by tschischold
all the modernist hits
all of the archigram maquettes
I heard you have a test print of every mike cina poster
on epson semimatte
I heard you have an autographed copy
of every koolhaas book from 75, 89, 98
I heard you have an online scan archive
of every good art nouveau lithograph
and another flat file from de stijl
I hear you are buying a drafting table
and a bone folder
and throwing your computer out the window
because you want to make something real
you want to make a gehry coffetable book
I hear that you and your firm have sold your CAD workstations
and bought powerbooks
I hear that you and your firm have sold your powerbooks
and bought CAD workstations
I hear that everybody that you know is more relevant that everybody that I know
max bill, griffo, jenson, OMA, louis sullivan, HHR, milt glaiser, cecil balmond and arup, SOM, kusama, bonnard, gordon matta-clark, widen and kennedy, superbad, didot, ogilvy, paul rand, richard neutra, agfa monotype, josef albers, herzog and demuron, skolos/wedell, bucky fuller, taki 183, jeremy bernstien, john maeda, banksy, bodoni, richard meier, jessica helfland, designers republic, dave eggers, moholy-nagy, mies van der rohe (LESS IS MORE!), rafael vinoly, sanford kwinter, fontshop, LARS MUELLER PUBLISHERS!! gregor schneider, mutabor, mariko mori, die gestalen verlag
font bureau
art deco
karel martens
karel martens
karel martens
karel martens
we all know what you really want
we all know what you really want
we all know what you really want
we all know what you really want
we all know what you really want
we all know what you really want
we all know what you really want
we all know what you really want
we all know what you really want
we all know what you really want
we all know what you really want
we all know what you really want
we all know what you really want
we all know what you really want
we all know what you really want
we all know what you really want
ok stop
