Monday, April 18, 2011

Extra Credit assignment 4/18/2011

Charles and Ray Eames Legacy.....today's design star

Today’s discussion about the Eames’ legacy and how it plays into today’s design star philosophy was very insightful.  It was interesting to discuss how design has evolved and the way the world looks at design today.  Good design takes talent.  Anyone can go to school and get a design degree however, I think it takes passion become a good designer.  Being a design student myself, I know that education plays a huge role in design because, it helps you to develop skills and new theories/perspective.  Studying design in a class such as this history class gives one a better background and a new way of thinking and looking at design.  It also allows for one to become familiar with famous designers throughout history.  I also think that it is equally important to have credentials and experience because although school can teach you skills, one must apply those skills with experience. The best way to learn is through doing.  When designing, it is important to take into account every aspect as a whole.  A good designer designs not what they think is important but what their client thinks is important and in doing this a lot of times one will have many different clients/styles and opinions.  To successfully approach a task like this, I think one must take a holistic approach.  It takes all parts of design and not just one, it makes for a better design because design adapts and changes based on the environment. Every designer designs different, and I believe even when a design is designing for a client, they still have their own style.  This can be seen in many different shows such as design star but also through looking at designers we have studied such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Charles and Ray Eames.  Media has a massive role in today’s design.  It is a way for designers to get themselves out there and network but it also is a way to draw in people who usually would not be attracted to design.  The Eames’ legacy brought design to simplicity, function, and mass-production.  Today shows such as design star build off of that but through the more crafty feel they give to design, they bring in different cliental to inspire to design. 
Within our group we also touched on another question.  Do you think design is better when you have more money to design with, or less?  My answer to this question is less because through having less money one is open to exploring things/materials they wouldn’t otherwise.  Less money opens up the mind to creativity. 

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