I've posted a long (and typically, I hope, controversial) entry over at Design Cultures on the debate between design and innovation. I'm experimenting to see if a more provocative approach to that student-oriented blog will get them more involved rather than passive readers.
We'll see...
Here's a choice extract for you:
"Why do we still see the ability to draw a naked woman as the primary qualification to be a designer?"
Head over to see the rest and please add your comments!
Visual Communication: From Theory to Practice
(Winner of 'Best Higher Education Title' at the British Book Awards 2006)
by Jonathan Baldwin and Lucienne Roberts
More Than A Name: An introduction to branding
by Melissa Davis and Jonathan Baldwin
2 comments:
it is funny... i can't draw a naked woman (well,neither the dressed ones) and I have a master degree in Design and am doing a PhD in it...Yet I feel uncomfortable to call myself a designer... I feel the name 'designer' itself is somehow limited (or cursed?)
Eh... delete this comment if I am talking rubbish here...
I've never had the opportunity to draw a naked woman! Don't know if I'd be any good.
Like you, I didn't have a traditional design education. I'm self-taught. (It shows!)
Maybe you're right. The word designer carries so much baggage we need a new one! What could it be? Mmm...
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