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Everyone is a Designer int he age of Social Media

The pages I'm picking are 40 and 41. When I came across them in a book about design and the creative worker, I was some what surprised of the branding of the creative designer. I mean, I guess it makes sense... I remember hearing that the office next to what use to be Steve Job's office was the head of creative design for the company's products. It's gotten them far, along with their push to let a "hack be a hack faster". It plays right into where the book talks about the amateur designing more.. As the books said, if you are a highly trained designer and have to pit your ideas against granny who has too much time on her hands and plays with Illustrator, and the company likes granny's work better.. granny gets the job. So all of this was going through my mind when I saw this first page. Then when I saw the following page of the spread, first it connected to the Apple theme, using i in front of everything, listing some well known products, but then also including it in front of other words like Do, Food, Think, etc.. To me, this was showing the overflow of the creative or the expectation to be creative into all aspects of life. Play and work are blurring more as what we do is suppose to be something we're 'passionate' about, and therefore, should enjoy doing it so much, we just want to do it all the time!... right. Anyway. I though this was a good layout to explain some of the ideas prevalent in the book.

#macs323 #everyoneisadesigner #readingresponse

2headedsnake

Nikita Nomerz is a Russian artist that travels to various cities and transforms abandoned structures through graffiti installations.

We could go completely through two windows and then into another apartment for what we're going for.. A form of fake out. :)

Little men working :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYJ8Y8wRIKw&feature=fvwrel

thepenguinpress

“There is a connection between boredom and the desire for chaos. Despite many disguises and bluffs perhaps she had never stopped wanting chaos.”

A brief excerpt from Zadie Smith’s NW, her first novel in seven years.

(Written on an old Smith-Corona portable typewriter on loan from the generous Tayari Jones, photographed at the Penguin Press offices.)

hardingmeyer

(9-2012)

oil on canvas

120x150cm

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skipsterling

WiredUK

“How To: Keep a Secret from the Press”

October 2012

http://www.flickr.com/photos/markcoggins/7544433096/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7upvision/2889365553/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/weshallwander/4249020320/

igd1

Design Research: A Disciplined Conversation

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igd1:

Please reply with a two paragraph synopsis of Nigel Cross’ article Design Research: A Disciplined Conversation sent to you via PDF.

Nigel Cross's article Design Research: A Disciplined Conversation deals with the fact that Design is different from both Art and Science, however should keep these two close at hand, for they both have been around much longer and can offer much to the up and coming world of design. He continues with the fact that there are a handful of award winning articles which are good references based on the fact the research is purposive, inquisitive, informed, methodical, and communicable.

He continues with the necessity to research design and understanding the concept of design as a study of mankind. When reading this article I tried to keep in mind that its dated in 1999, which gives it a different perspective than from where we are today as the technological references he makes have obviously change profusely since then, which would then, of course, impact this research of design.

#Design Research

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