Joshua Davis

I saw this guy speak recently at conference, and the general attitude was that he is a towering giant of modern design and that you have been living under a rock if you've never heard of him... ? Just curious if anyone else knows him/his work. He is apparently a pioneer of Flash.

His presentation was interesting, that's for sure. He creates elements of his final design in illustrator then throws them into a custom designed Flash generator that spits them back out at him in random patterns. He argues that this saves him valuable time having to compose a design himself, and that it always results in something unique and eyecatching, so... why not? Personally, I feel like this is cheating a bit, and that composition deserves a bit more thought, but... I dunno.

Anyway, if you haven't heard of him, apparently you are a loser. Sigh.
His website: www.praystation.com