Look to many sources for design inspiration. Teachers and students, as well as architects and designers, have ideas about their ideal learning environment.
Submitted by altonbell on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 10:43.
If you’re reluctant, you’re not alone. I’ve interviewed students from schools such as the California College of the Art, San Jose State University, and The Academy of Art University who are also afraid to label themselves “designers”. Unless they have an official degree and know how to punch, they are simply “students.” The fear is that they are not yet skilled or experienced enough.
Submitted by hermanclark on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 10:35.
Designing is not a profession but an attitude that knows how to fight. Design has many connotations. It is the organization of materials and processes in the most productive way, in a harmonious balance of all elements necessary for a certain function.
Submitted by danleyvilla on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 05:51.
Want to know how to design? Then you should learn the basics of design. The basic elements of design include colour, line, shape, scale, space, texture and value and these are the fundamental pieces that make up any piece of work.
Submitted by thelondondisplay on Wed, 09/22/2010 - 01:24.
I think everyone Can Be A Designer collection is the practical jet-setting fashionista's dream: one garment that transforms into as many as five variations, each with its own look and style. The purpose of the Everyone Can Be A Designer line was to literally create an entire clothing range made of flexible fabric that could fit in one suitcase (if you pack right, a carry on tote). Learn more about the innovative collection by visiting.Good post.....Very nice and creative site , i really impressed about this blog.....
Submitted by hellodesigners on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 10:25.
As a graphic designer who has worked in the architecture industry with OWP/P and Bruce Mau Design, the first point in the book, "Everyone Can Be a Designer" is a touchy one.
I am on the board of AIGA Chicago and at this month’s board meeting we brainstormed ideas on how to get high-level graphic design studio heads to attend a breakfast with a relevant speaker to touch on design in all shapes and sizes in today's world. After sending out a few ideas to our Advisory Board we came up with nada.
Instead of a person as the central theme to our ill-fated breakfast, a design topic rose to the top of the list. This topic was a discussion about how to successfully integrate graphic design, pr, advertising, marketing, social-media, twittering, branding and web consulting into profitable future opportunities. Well, if anyone were able to answer that calling they would win the game. Game Over, future design challenge won.
I believe that the future of design; architecture, furniture, teaching and learning is going to evolve into a combination of all of the above ingredients. Social-media, like branding is for graphic design, and like sustainability is for architecture, is a new design umbrella.
So, back to the original point; “Everyone can be a designer.” Yes, this is true, but how you stir the ingredients together into a clear, beautiful and memorable social-media campaign, that schools, Advisory Boards and the general public can relate to and trust...these campaigns will win the game. And yes, it is a game that we are thinking about, collaborating on, and sitting in front of our computer screens everyday to ultimately win a better world for our children to grown up in. This book is a great example of the beginnings of that discussion.
If you’re reluctant, you’re
If you’re reluctant, you’re not alone. I’ve interviewed students from schools such as the California College of the Art, San Jose State University, and The Academy of Art University who are also afraid to label themselves “designers”. Unless they have an official degree and know how to punch, they are simply “students.” The fear is that they are not yet skilled or experienced enough.
Designing is not a profession
Designing is not a profession but an attitude that knows how to fight. Design has many connotations. It is the organization of materials and processes in the most productive way, in a harmonious balance of all elements necessary for a certain function.
Great article, As someone who
Great article, As someone who has no formal training in Designing, I have had to learn a lot of this by trial, error, and inspiration.
elements of design
Want to know how to design? Then you should learn the basics of design. The basic elements of design include colour, line, shape, scale, space, texture and value and these are the fundamental pieces that make up any piece of work.
I think everyone Can Be A
I think everyone Can Be A Designer collection is the practical jet-setting fashionista's dream: one garment that transforms into as many as five variations, each with its own look and style. The purpose of the Everyone Can Be A Designer line was to literally create an entire clothing range made of flexible fabric that could fit in one suitcase (if you pack right, a carry on tote). Learn more about the innovative collection by visiting.Good post.....Very nice and creative site , i really impressed about this blog.....
Social-Media Design
As a graphic designer who has worked in the architecture industry with OWP/P and Bruce Mau Design, the first point in the book, "Everyone Can Be a Designer" is a touchy one.
I am on the board of AIGA Chicago and at this month’s board meeting we brainstormed ideas on how to get high-level graphic design studio heads to attend a breakfast with a relevant speaker to touch on design in all shapes and sizes in today's world. After sending out a few ideas to our Advisory Board we came up with nada.
Instead of a person as the central theme to our ill-fated breakfast, a design topic rose to the top of the list. This topic was a discussion about how to successfully integrate graphic design, pr, advertising, marketing, social-media, twittering, branding and web consulting into profitable future opportunities. Well, if anyone were able to answer that calling they would win the game. Game Over, future design challenge won.
I believe that the future of design; architecture, furniture, teaching and learning is going to evolve into a combination of all of the above ingredients. Social-media, like branding is for graphic design, and like sustainability is for architecture, is a new design umbrella.
So, back to the original point; “Everyone can be a designer.” Yes, this is true, but how you stir the ingredients together into a clear, beautiful and memorable social-media campaign, that schools, Advisory Boards and the general public can relate to and trust...these campaigns will win the game. And yes, it is a game that we are thinking about, collaborating on, and sitting in front of our computer screens everyday to ultimately win a better world for our children to grown up in. This book is a great example of the beginnings of that discussion.
Thank you.
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