Back to the grind
my view for the rest of the semester seems to be a familiar one.
10 New Year’s Resolutions for Designers
Reactions to Web Design is 95% Typography
Are all some blog posts I’ve read recently and my thoughts are as follows:
“Learn to write” and “learn to argue”. They’re both along the same road, articulation of ideas. Its important to articulate your ideas because as designers we are expected to thoroughly think out why we are making the choices we make. If you cannot articulate why you make a certain decision, maybe your concept wasn’t a very strong one, and another design maybe in order.
Web design is 95% typography. The internet is a beautiful place. I believe it holds the key to continuing the spread of knowledge on a global scale. But it also is providing MUCH MORE information then we’ve ever had access to. This is why its important to keep it organized. Sure its easier said then done, but limitations are what fuel designers. So I guess you could just think of HTML as a project brief.
GRAPHIC DESIGN = VISUAL COMMUNICATION = INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE. design.
January 26th, 2012 - 8:06 am
If you strongly agree with the sentiment of learning to write, I would suggest starting with proofreading your blog posts and writing more complete thoughts. You’ve got several typos up there, along with some thought fragments.
I think we disagree about the mom point from the article and that’s just fine. I think the author is making a point that it’s condescending to women that we more often hear “make it so a mom can use it” vs. “make it so a dad can use it.” Your point is a good one though, design does need to be usable to a wide audience, but we shouldn’t make assumptions about user groups based on gender or parenthood. We can make more informed user profiles that actually have meaning.
January 26th, 2012 - 9:29 am
Marty thanks for the comment!
Revisions are soon to come.
But for the time being, please enjoy how we all make mistakes
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