design manifesto
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- aliendn
sorry if this has been posted a million times (i tried the search) but i remember reading some sort of design manifesto about 3 years ago that was really insightful. i think the dude's name was "maye" or something? it was really philosophical sounding, and it was saying something about not paying mind to awards etc?
- MIJA0
- aliendn0
yeah thats it grayhood, thanks alot!
- fate0
about the Bruce Mau thing:
where he says not to enter for design awards, he means as to avoid inflating your own ego?
- Mimio0
I think he means that designers will begin to tailor their work in order to win. Which is obviously harmful.
- aliendn0
yeah, that or maybe he's crticizing the very purpose of an award. while competition is great for evolution, i can't remember where i read this but an author said, when judges choose a girl in a beauty contest, they are not choosing the most beautiful girl to their unique tastes, but the most average girl that would cater to most tastes. i find that very interesting.
- mike_g0
Bruce Mau what a freak. You know if you want to intern with them you have to PAY them, they consider it a post-graduate program!!
And to boot, they've lost so much work in the past couple of years because of his fucking ego. Manifesto for Personal Growth my ass, the only growth he sees is in his pant size.