Hello,
I'm very interested in something Elizabeth Guffey had to say. She states:
--In keeping with the conference’s most fundamental purpose--creating the
design school of our dreams--I would envision the kind of design studies
education that I wish that I myself might have had. I imagine a variety of
courses, including:
--design history and theory--
I would be very interested in hearing more about the theoretical
perspectives that designers would want to see forwarded. For anyone who
finds theory intriguing, I would like to know if you believe those theories
on design already exist in the literature or if you feel they are still
waiting to be discovered.
When considering the visual aspects of design, I would put Rudolf Arnheim
at the top of my list. While he had fallen out of favor, recently
psychologists have begun to see how well much of his work functions as a
heuristic device in understanding visual perception. I also think the work
of cognitive psychologists such as Robert Solso who wrote "Cognition and
the Visual Arts" brings a perspective that helps designers understand why
there are often many ways of interpreting visual information. Solso's work
helps to show how fundamentally important it is to see that, while some
concepts may have a shared context, many interpretations of visual
information are based on personal histories and interests.
Best regards,
Susan Hagan
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Susan M. Hagan, MDes
Ph.D. Candidate Rhetoric
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh PA 15213
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f. 412.268.7989
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