Thanks Gavin
Aside from the administrative convenience that David Sless mentioned
earlier, your comment makes me wonder if we have an underlying aspiration
for the idea of art informing design in everyday life, aside from the
usefulness of this to marketeers and advertisers. If I recall, Don notes
the importance of the relationship between product design and graphic art
in his book about everyday things. Returning to my initial point, I wonder
if that's what the engineer wanted in his discussion about urban systems:
that there is a coupling of engineering and art, perhaps through design,
at the scale of the city.
Thanks
Rob
Dr. Robert Harland | Lecturer in Visual Communication (Graphic Design) |
School of Arts, English and Drama | Loughborough University |
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/sota/staff/robert-harland/
On 21/03/2015 06:51, "Gavin O'Brien" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Hi Robert,
>a bit of an aside, but I guess you'll be aware of Steve Jobs' take on art
>and design at the time of designing the first Macintosh computer. Inside
>the casing can be found all the embossed signatures of the entire design
>team who worked on this project. Jobs regarded this design as 'a work of
>art' and 'artists sign their work'. Pardon the pun, but it makes for a
>great case study.
>A little research quickly shows that this practice among designers has a
>lengthy history prior to Jobs' example.
>Great topic.
>Regards,
>Gavin
>
>Gavin O'Brien
>Senior Lecturer Product Design
>Otago Polytechnic I Te Kura Matatint ki Otago
>New Zealand
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