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Surf Splendor

462 - David Carson

Surf Splendor

David Lee Scales

Sports

4.8653 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 125 minutes

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Summary

Apple called him "a pioneer with profound impact". Newsweek said he "changed the public face of graphic design". In 1991 David Carson redesigned Surfer Magazine and established a now iconic graphic design style seated in raw human emotion which led to numerous awards and an expansive client list including Audi, Nike, Obama, and album art for Nine Inch Nails. A lifelong surfer and 2018 inductee into the East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame, Carson discusses the value of failing publicly, the importance of humanity in design, and why it is impossible to not communicate. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, quick and final reminder of skin cancer awareness month. Be a responsible adult and know your

0:08.2

spots. Keep tabs on the spots on your body. Do regular skin checks when you get out of the shower.

0:14.8

Just see if anything looks abnormal. People die of skin cancer unnecessarily. It is avoidable,

0:20.4

and it's preventable through early detection.

0:23.4

We've given you the ABCs of skin checks this month, but now it's time for me to tell you that you should go see a dermatologist, at least yearly.

0:32.2

I go twice a year because I have fair skin and I'm kind of constantly exposed to the sun. But I'd imagine that

0:39.5

even if you have the best of intentions to see a dermatologist regularly, people forget or they

0:45.1

just neglect to schedule these things until they're prompted. So this is your prompt. Make the

0:50.8

appointment. Go see a dermatologist. Tell them that you've been doing the ABCs of skin checks. Thanks to SunBum. SunBum's goal is to move the needle on skin cancer. So help them, help you. They've also made today's show advertising free. So there's no pre-roll ads. There's no commercial breaks, just straight David Carson for two hours.

1:12.6

So thank you, Sunbum, and on to today's show.

1:22.3

All right, ladies and gentlemen, today's show is with David Carson.

1:26.1

If his name isn't familiar to you, his work

1:28.3

probably is. He's a highly influential graphic designer, both inside and outside of the

1:34.0

surf industry. He began his career at Trans World Skateboarding Magazine, which then led to work

1:39.7

at Surfer Magazine, who then supported the short-lived but very much revered Raygun magazine.

1:47.5

Carson's had wild success outside of the surf industry with clients like Audi, Armani, Yale

1:53.7

University. He's done album cover art for Nine Inch Nails. He was invited to do TED Talks

2:00.0

way back in 2003 when those were reserved

2:02.5

for the very few top performers in a given industry. And I was actually connected with Carson

2:08.7

through Matt Parker at Album Surfboards, who did a collaboration project of surfboards

2:14.0

with Carson's art on them back in May of 2018. It was actually the same year that

2:20.5

Carson was inducted into the East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame. And it's also the year that we

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