IAAH™ / v7
Out of context: Reply #47
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ah, but that's my very point
we feel the need to be taken seriously and revered in our talent and the skill it takes to produce our work. we have discussions on the intrinsic difference, if any, between art and design and how and why "masters" have achieved what they have achieved. we belittle the people that we have the displeasure of interacting with on a daily basis, though they often are the people we produce work for. we like to assume that it is a subjective and ill-informed reaction when our design is not liked or changed, but it some cases it is very objective just based purely on the knowledge of what sells. we might have beautiful kerning and meticulous detail, but it might not ever be successful outside our ego, or our circle of egos, because no one but us will ever get it.
so then what do we strive for? a compromise? or do we strive to achieve that same mastery and reverence that the "masters" have? people like glasser and rand and bass, among many others that have pieces in art museums. the new art: graphic design. but, doesn't all art then illicit a response? isn't it an underlying theme in all forms of art especially in the 20th century to involve the viewer and invoke a reaction. sometimes it isn't a complimentary reaction, but it is a reaction all the same.
why then attempt to censor or call out someone that has an opinion along those lines to design work? we have plenty of people in this thread who seemingly revere this work, yet it isn't worthy to be subjected to the same scrutiny that any work of modern art would be? what in the world could anything that subjective have to do with what profession or level of talent a person posesses?
now, i have not offered my opinion of this work and i am by no means saying it deserves to be hung in a museum or that it deserves to be blasted on a design forum. in fact, i am purposefully saying nothing about the work as i personally feel i have very little to say about it. i am merely commenting on comments. i am expressing my opinion of this thread and the fact that everyone here is entitled to their opinions regardless of their career. but, then i have no way of representing meta data in a portfolio, so i'm sure you will think my commentary is also invalid.
- interesting and very well put, btwgabe
- well said brother, completely agree..neue75_bold