We have been receiving replies in response to a new job opening from recent
design college leavers and design folk who have had a mixture of
experience.
Whilst some candidates shine at drawing and/or CAD skills , others seem
even more adept at disguise, (ie. Photoshop)
Do 'elegance', 'talent' or 'ability' feature in the key modules of the new
course?
If so - are these key factors in the capability of a 'designer' really
assessable - with the definition of current design education?
In a recent TV program of the exhibit 'America on the Move' (Smithsonian
Museum), they were extremely reluctant to predict the future, citing that
museum curators were by and large atrocious at such a task.
Referring to Rob Curedale's earlier post - 'the designer's are in the hands
of museum curators, etc.'
Could the same be true of design education? A mismatch between the student
and the establishment.
Maybe the true capability of the student is only evident from a different
perspective than that of purely completing his or her project.
Not wishing to knock the design system - or shooting from the lip. Maybe
the apprentice system wasn't so bad in this regard. A developed eye for
elegance - as with an instrument maker or cutlery master - is an art,
absorbed with time, and not from a 'theory and practice' module.
Finally, some famous designers with little formal 'design' training seem to
have made it.
Luigi Colani, with his influential (OK weird) viewpoint - studied sculpture
and aerodynamics - a curious mix. Raymond Loewy was a fashion illustrator.
Marc Newson studied jewelry. Might it be better not to study a typical
design course, if one truly wants to succeed in design? :-)
Glenn Johnson
Ref. Colani web. http://www.colani.ch/frame.htm
The following are for a laugh only..
Module II - Computer Related Design
Objectives
How to disguise a complete lack of design ability with the careful use of
scanning, the negative filter and Photoshop.
Module III - Multi-Mediocre
Objectives
Copying someone else's great idea with Director and pretending it was
yours.
Module IV - Communication
Objectives
How not to use the spell checking function in Word.
There must be many more....
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