{"id":14041,"date":"2020-11-24T10:13:39","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T15:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=14041"},"modified":"2020-11-24T10:13:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T15:13:43","slug":"episode-409-rian-hughes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-409-rian-hughes","title":{"rendered":"Episode 409 – Rian Hughes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 409:
\nRian Hughes<\/a><\/p>\n

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“In graphic design, if you define the problem clearly, the solution is almost immediately apparent. And if you can’t find a solution, it’s likely because you haven’t defined the problem well.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>With his amazing new book XX<\/a> (Overlook Press), Rian Hughes<\/a> gets to add “novelist” to his titles of graphic designer, typographer, illustrator, comics writer & artist, and photographer. We get into how he wrote a science fiction narrative using graphic design as a tool & mode of storytelling (& why more writers should consider graphic design as a part of their work), how technology had to catch up to his vision of the novel, his stab at going a step beyond Arthur C. Clarke, and why he’s so interested in semiotics and how ideas get into our heads. We talk about his childhood entr\u00e9 into type and graphic design, the boredom of illustration and marketing, the ways design involves defining problems and solutions and how that does and doesn’t apply to fiction, and his affection for science fiction pulps. We also discuss whether he can turn off his design eye, the new frontiers in technology and the plasticity of the digital realm, the perils of cultural conflict, how we grow into certain artists & genres, and why everything for him comes down to colors, shapes, actions and language and what they mean. Give it a listen!<\/a> And go read XX<\/a>!<\/p>\n

“What I’ve learned it, don’t expect too much prior knowledge on the part of your reader or viewer, and give them as many opportunities to get on board as you can, before you take them off to the Wild Blue Yonder at the end.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n