People will never forget how you made them feel
I was listening to a politics podcast at the beginning of last week (weren’t we all?) and a cursory reference was made to this quote by Maya Angelou. It nibbled at the back of my head until I was prepping for a workshop mid-week. I drew it up and used it as the focal point for discussion on visual communication, and why it matters.
Every communication has an aesthetic, whether or not it’s intended. A printed font feels a certain way. A hand gesture lifts the words being spoken. Certain colours transmit a cultural code.
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