(Q - ??: And what would you have done for the 560, as a visual?)
MB: Oh, I don’t know. This is something I will have to think about before answering. I don't have a spontaneous response like that. I think the idea he had wasn't... wasn't necessarily bad, but it was very basic, really. It's basic.
(Q - ??: We have the impression that the visual is of little or no use, am I wrong?)
MB: But in his mind, the visuals were little additional elements intended to reinforce, to add a little something, that's it. What was important to him were the puzzles. His production, his creation, were the enigmas. So for him, that was what was important. Illustrations are to sell, to look pretty. It's a bit like that.
We still know that there are some that are decisive. They should not be neglected either.
But afterwards, it was very... I vaguely remember because he never left it to me. He had shown one day during a meeting, but we saw him for a minute at a time, a vague illustration on an A4 sheet that he had to have someone do, but which was an extremely basic. I wonder if it wasn't the square, the square, the compass, the Morse code, something like that, the 500. I'm even more certain of it today. It was like a little colored pencil drawing. Well, there was nothing transcendental about it. And for him, that's what illustrations are. It was a little something to put aside, really. It was to embellish, what
MB: Oh, I don’t know. This is something I will have to think about before answering. I don't have a spontaneous response like that. I think the idea he had wasn't... wasn't necessarily bad, but it was very basic, really. It's basic.
(Q - ??: We have the impression that the visual is of little or no use, am I wrong?)
MB: But in his mind, the visuals were little additional elements intended to reinforce, to add a little something, that's it. What was important to him were the puzzles. His production, his creation, were the enigmas. So for him, that was what was important. Illustrations are to sell, to look pretty. It's a bit like that.
We still know that there are some that are decisive. They should not be neglected either.
But afterwards, it was very... I vaguely remember because he never left it to me. He had shown one day during a meeting, but we saw him for a minute at a time, a vague illustration on an A4 sheet that he had to have someone do, but which was an extremely basic. I wonder if it wasn't the square, the square, the compass, the Morse code, something like that, the 500. I'm even more certain of it today. It was like a little colored pencil drawing. Well, there was nothing transcendental about it. And for him, that's what illustrations are. It was a little something to put aside, really. It was to embellish, what