I came across this great entry whilst searching for design blogs to gain inspiration. I totally agree with some of the points made in this entry. My business partner and I do discuss this very point quite often. I am of the opinion that natural talent nurtured with some formal design training will produce a great and all rounded graphic designer.
What do you think?
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Last weekend my niece was too insistent, asking me to accompany her to an exhibition at her Design School. She believed that I will be taken aback by the remarkable design projects of fresh grads and trust me I did not regret my approval. However, looking at the creative artpieces of those young chaps made a question tick in my mind, which we all don’t think of answering seriously.
Why was it that all the students from the same college, same badge with the same graphic design lessons did not come up with equally remarkable work? Today I want you all to help me clear this confusion… when so many people are going through the same educational process but why only few succeed to come up with extraordinary creations?
In my opinion it’s the gifted spark which is possessed by few people. I’ve heard the argument so many times that art can be learned, but I think people with the natural right artistic sense can only succeed. The vast information available on net has made it easy for people (without any sense of design and aesthetics) to claim themselves as graphic designers. A non artistic person can be taught about designing but I don’t honestly think they can truly create a good design.
I strongly believe that design lessons and degrees can “one” one’s skills to a certain level of perfection but if someone lacks the imaginative talent, he can’t be a successful designer. There are so many people who have successfully obtained their designer degrees from top universities who can become “good” designers, but will never be “great”. If there’s not at least some of that innate thing we call “talent” though, there is no way to get it.
However, many people strongly believe that an individual can be whatever he wants to be, no matter if he is not bestowed with any god-given talent, just practise and determination can fill in the space.
How many of you agree that hard work, determination and motivation are such crucial requirements to achieve success, which talent cannot do? Well, my vote goes for “Talent”…let’s see how you guys have valid points to prove your opinion.
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Leah
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A bit crazy for type? Does the perfect kern give you the same amount of goose bumps as when your eyes stumble across someones use of Comic Sans (the two extremes of the spectrum of course).
Yes. Yes. Yes?
Then you need to get involved in GO FONT UR SELF* Chapter 4. An exhibition dedicated to exploring & pushing the diverse range of techniques employed in type design of past, present & future – through original pieces of work from talented typographers around the globe.
Graphic Designer extraordinaire Timba from Wooden Toy teams up with some sickeningly awesome designers (Above / Raza Uno / Istvan Szugyiczky / Sarah A King) & they birth some pretty delectable madness.
In March head just down the road from our Surry Hills studio to the Peer Gallery, Glebe.
www.gofonturself.com.au for more details.
Nat 28.01
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I’ve been blessed to have as my best friend a thespian, which means I get the inside scoop on the best theatre that comes to Sydney and if Im lucky even get to hob knob with the stars after the show!
What does this have to do with graphic design you may ask? Well recently Kylie took me to see Smoke and Mirrors at the Spiegeltent as part of the Sydney Festival – a brilliant and eclectic troupe of talent that features some of Australia’s best cabaret, circus and musical performers. Since 1920 some of the world’s most outrageous performers have played to hundreds of thousands of audience members in a dozen countries in the intimate, seductive atmosphere of The Famous Spiegeltent. The design of this venue is nothing short of inspirational, fantastic, lush, I felt like I was part of the Moulin Rouge set. Since then Ive been obsessed with European graphic design from the 20’s. Here’s what the festival director had to say:
“This magnificent tent has so many stories to tell, and many ghosts from opera to vaudeville and circus artists – how to celebrate 90 years of Spiegel magic, intrigue and escape? With Spiegelmaestro David Bates we decided to give The Famous Spiegeltent its very own show that placed the rich history, and the tent itself, at the centre of the story. Sydney Festival invited director Craig Ilott and shape-shifting musical phenomenon iOTA to create a completely contemporary show befitting of the tent’s journey through the 20th and 21st centuries, evoking the spirit of performers past and present who have created magic there, embraced by the sensual surrounds of coloured canvas, carved wood, smoke and mirrors…”
Anyone want to run away to the circus with me?!
Triscia 28/01/10
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An nice idea of the artist Igor Udushlivy with this concept of marking your page with these divine bookmarks and book cover designs. The designs are imagined according to the universe of the story within the book and its cover design. Take at look at the many fantastic examples from this very clever lad!
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