I have received very informative refutations to my declaritive
statement; serves me right, I guess. In my own writings on graphic
design, I often deal with intangibles and therefore don't
necessarily need to include images to further help explain my
ideas. The writing itself carries the "visuals," if you will allow me
that statement. In any case, and despite my incorrect statement, I
was responding more to the debate on whether or not to include
visuals in research presentations and publications. I'm new to the
list, and you can imagine how that would a stike a graphic
designer as odd. Now that I am more familiar with the breadth of
design endeavors represented by the list participants, I won't be
surprised by such concerns in the future. Thank you for esplicating
the 200+ design areas, of which I represent but a humble minority.
And while we're on the subject, while the visual "Arts and Crafts"
tradition may represent just 5% of design activity, as Dr. Love
points out, you will be hard pressed to make it home from work
without bumping into visual design at least 500 times en route to
your newspaper, tv, journal subscriptions, bank statements and
bills that await your arrival. Let's hear for the 5 percenters!
Michael Schmidt
Associate Professor, Graphic Design
The University of Memphis Art Department
201 Jones Hall
Memphis, TN 38152
901-678-2953 p.
901-678-2735 f.
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