aren't you tired of this style yet?
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- Solid0
question. is it design? or is it style? i'd say its 90% style.
nick
(May 16 05, 17:10)
-----------------A lot of it (not all) seems to fall under the "Style" category.
Graphic art.
And there's nothing wrong with that, but it isn't design.
- Luckypp0
Well I will be the social outcast and say
YES I AM!
I am not saying that it is not a good stlye, but it is sooooo copied and replicated, I mean that gets really old really fast.
- iDp0
Jaline, yes, you have such a head start and don't even know it. but whatever you do, do not try your hardest to create trendy graphics... it's easy to try and emulate these guys... but you're only doing yourself a huge dis-service. strive to make stuff that comes from a real and personal feeling or idea.
nickNick...I now have full wood. That was said brilliantly. I couldn't agree more. *stands and claps*
- blackspade0
"stylist.
I think it’s high time to restore this important term to wide currency, and not to disparage the validity of styling as a mode of expression, or as a career path. (I’m not one of those who would slag a young talent off with a dismissive “Oh, her? She’s just a stylist.” Styling is as crucial to good branding work as design, and maybe more so, but it’s not a replacement for it.)"
- Jaline0
this calls for a standing ovation
*stands, ovates, whistles, hoots, claps
- blackspade0
this is why i dont want the word 'designer' on my portflio site, heck, perhaps 'style' is actually the part of design that interests me the most !!?
one reason ive stuck with the term 'Communicator' rather than designer, or 'creative'
- jimeeboy510
nice work...kinda reminds me of vault49, iso50, and some others.
i think picasso said something like this:
start with an idea, then create something out of it.
- nick0
black, great link that was btw, cheers. i swear i read it last night and was like "finally, somebody fucking said it"... then i read the date...
i think since that article was written we've only gone further down the road of praising stylists over designers... and its really pretty fucked up.
iDP, thanks bro :)
- Solid0
i think since that article was written we've only gone further down the road of praising stylists over designers... and its really pretty fucked up.
nick
(May 16 05, 17:55)
-----------------I think this is most prevalent in the graphic and web fields -- their 'disposable' nature facilitates it.
I think Style is often easier to attribute 'value' to, compared with Design .. its easier to digest/assimilate -- after all, that's what its made for ;)
Having said that, I think a lot of designers would be more than happy working as stylists, but are afraid to admit it (to themselves?).
I personally have never had a problem with the 'S'-word. I also hold the opinion that, in a sense, 'Style' needs to be 'Designed' as well ;)
- nick0
" I think this is most prevalent in the graphic and web fields -- their 'disposable' nature facilitates it."
agreed. i think broadcast design is probably the most guilty of this phenomenon.
- knoxel0
remember grape ape?
- vb_0
- Jaline0
mmm....juice box...
- puter0
it is great work- and it does get old- but simple design gets old too.
I love it when corporations pay thousands and thousands of dollars for logos or ads that are Helvetica font with a peroid at the end or layered on top of a stock photo of some chick with too much eye shadow on...
It's all relevant- it's all good- and it all blows.
- uberdesigner0
I'm sick of that style. It looked nice on a poster for or year or two, now its time is up.
- brooke0
I'm tired of gradient meshes.
- nick0
and i'm tired of type. :/
- ricstultz0
I think its still relevant if yall are talking about it.
I think the style is eye candy... and I think people have sweet tooth for it.
- Jaline0
I'm tired.