Hi Harold
From my perspective, and experience in UK HE with graphic design, Jobs'
views seem entirely in keeping with a lot of the stuff we try and
inspire/engage students with. So maybe it is a cultural issue or a
difference between design fields? His mantra sounds quite 'art school' to
me.
I have little experience of HE in the US, other than with 3rd year exchange
students, who did seem to follow a very different design process. They
seemed driven by a need to execute highly polished pieces of graphic design,
and the idea of some kind of communicative concept underpinning the work was
alien to them. It was all about polish and fitting in with what was already
out there. Certainly they had amazing software skills, but seemingly no
desire to 'think different'.
Cheers,
Alison
> I think David Pogue in his NY Times column (Pogue's Posts) "Steve Jobs:
> Imitated, Never Duplicated" is a good place to start.
>
> Regards
>
> Harold
>
>
Dr. Alison Barnes
School of Graphic Design, LCC
University of the Arts, London
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