Holly
I accept that capability to sketch (externalise with a high level of efficiency/meaning) will vary between the visually creative design disciplines. For my field of industrial design, this can be a particularly challenging skill to master but is central to being an competent and employable practitioner. From what I have seen of the work from other disciplines, sketching still remains a distinctive and core capability for the designer.
Thanks
Mark
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Subject: Re: Must a designer be trained as a designer?
Hi Mark
I can probably agree generally with your comments (I think, I might need to ponder them for a bit longer) except for one point.
You write:
"I also espouse that if you can’t sketch, you’re not a designer."
I don't generally sketch, and don't claim any talent in it at all. But I'm still a designer. There are many other ways of "externalising complex, beautiful and ingenious design solutions" in my experience. Unless you mean 'sketch' in the very broadest sense I do not agree.
Holly McQuillan
School of Design
CoCA
Massey University.
www.hollymcquillan.com
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