in some kind of response to Chuck's recent post and various free flow
thoughts after the festivities...
>....I believe that everyone should be known simply as
>designers and have to prove the worthiness of their designs against
standards of
>performance rather than codes of practice and bureaucracies that restrict
>innovation.....
>Best regards,
>Chuck
The profession(s) as Chuck also pointed out - are continuously
re-segmenting and 'nicheing' themselves to their own ends, ie. survival.
One might argue so are many academic design courses for similar reasons
;-)
It might be better NOT to aspire to the profession of design after
all.....http://www.core77.com/reactor/01.07_backlash.asp
.....have argued for some time now about the way design is simply becoming
associated with notions of landfill - and this web article covers the
subject very well.
We all need to create things that last and that we can be proud of - from
many, many points of view, and not just in design (whatever that may be).
Sometime ago - I heard the quote:
"something is not totally beautiful - unless it totally useless" (art,
poetry, etc. Please correct as required).
To my small way of thinking this quote is very difficult and paradoxical
to reconcile against the profession of design.
What we do is either A) Totally Useless
B) Ugly
how about C) Landfill?
Design: unHappy New Year?
Glenn Johnson
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