Can Designer change the world?
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Now you're talking.
Once again though, what was the fucntion of those great designs.
Examples: Rome Colluseum.
built in homage to Gods by Emperor.Egyt Pyramids
Built in dedication to Pharoah(s)
and the constellations (astronomers were the shamens of the era).In both cases, the idea is that the hand of man creates something worthy of the divine.
Nothing's changed except the object of worship:
Emperor
gods
Pharoahs
Stars
God
Money
Whateverthe point of design is to elevate the object to a status above that of the mundane, thus taming the mathematically or physically sublime.
It's a very servile thing, and it really only depends which way you point when you're kneeling.
ie. buy this BangOlufssen stereo, and your status rises.
In the 16th century, you had to be good at art to get closer to god, becuase the ability to represent the beauty of gods kindom is to some extent godly.
Nowadays, the ability to recognize, and more importantly, to have the means to aquire the well designed product is the godly act.
The designers job is to create the meeting point between the consumer and the divine. The only problem is, we've all got the 'divine' wrong.
This is how design is only helping to keep the world as it is, and not to change it.
I may now have completely disappeared into my own arse, but wtf!