Michael Walsh is a graphic designer from Ireland and has been living in Tartu, Estonia since 1992. An underlying element in his work is a search for a reinterpretation of design classics in a contemporary way which respects aesthetic heritage and craft. A manifesto with some results. Modern is embraced but fashion is avoided. “History has defined the known tricks and only sometimes do we get a chance to add a new one. Old ways have a logic to which new can be fitted (often best fitted) if it carries on the integrity of the old object. Researching the history of whatever is rewarding, while most garbage is modern and there is too much to be sorted yet. Production is a supply and demand result. Value of a thing is based on functional longevity rather than current popularity or scarcity.”
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