Steven Skaggs Presents: The Hidden Factor (In-person)

We usually think of graphic design as the combining of images and words to communicate to a public. We also think of artists working with images and writers with words. But these preconceptions miss a third critical element – a hidden factor: marks. Mark making is so fundamentally human that it is easy to overlook. Yet, once we become aware of the necessity of the mark and its importance in determining the feeling in the things we see, we start seeing their influence everywhere, from graffiti to typography to painting. The Hidden Factor opens up the world of marks – their everyday everywhere presence, their amazing ability to express the human spirit, and their sneaky way of hiding in plain sight. Once aware of their influence, you’ll never see the world in the same way again.