A nice short film featuring the work and voice of David Carson can be found here
He’s been a great inspiration for some time. I think the fact that he does not have a traditional design background and is perhaps as passionate if not more passionate about surfing makes him a better designer. I enjoy his strong belief in self expression in design. Design is too often utterly conservative, sterile and watered down due to paranoia about client perceptions, target markets, stifling style guides and so forth. Ironically, in spite of all the energy invested in adherence to rules, such work seldom, if ever, achieves what it sets out to do anyway. David Carson shows that you can have more fun and have some success doing interesting work. Rock on.
Very interesting. A great example of a brilliant artist whitout the traditional background. That tends to be an important catalyst for new and exciting ideas.