Few months ago, as one of the first posts on ilovegraphics, I told you about Le plan B, an interior design company run by my friend Damien. I was happy to see that an interview he made was featured on Notcot this morning. Take a look at the update on his amazing work. Beautiful!

More on his website .

Have you ever wondered how those rock-stars designers find the time to be as productive as they are? Multi-blogging, twittering all day, conferences, collective projects… They are everywhere, all the time.
When you come back home, after a long day at work, don’t you feel the need to tranform into a gigantic potato couch? Do you still feel the creative vibe in you? Can you still watch a computer screen? Can you dedicate your entire life to your creativity?

Some do some letterpress, others some wallpapers. They talk about design while updating their personnal blogs. They decorate their home, and upload 125 pics to flick’r. They even find the time to read or watch movies.
Those guys are sure multitasking gods. But I highly suspect them to be more than one. Or to be able to skip sleeping time. Maybe a special drug, or some kind of genetic manipulation? Who knows…

Those same designer rockstars have a great portfolio, with those incredibly beautiful work that clients have accepted. No blue layout. No awful adds. No stupid gigantic logos. Hypnosis? Weapon threatening? How do they achieve to be not only talented, but also convincing? On the same scale, they seem to always have interesting projects. Strange thing that your clients are not that nice with you, huh? Do you have to do all the stupid stuff?

On top of that, they know all you have to know about the job. You fight to learn proper kerning, they know it by heart. You over-use Helvetica when they know a plethora of beautiful types. You barely know who is Paul Rand or Stefan Sagmeister, when they sometimes met them personnaly.

Plus, they often got style. Written, design, photographic or fashionable style. They are complete artists when you struggle to take a correct pic, or to wear something smarter than your usual grey sweater. Worst than that, they’re often funny, approchable, and quite nice.

My opinion? They are not real. Someone is lying to us, average designers. Just to make us feel guilty.