Graphic Design is sick
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- blastofv0
yeah, and he's a student too...we all did trendy stuff on some level in art school
still no explanation why he's ragging on his own approach though. if you know it's trendy, do something different
- -scarabin-0
everyone always makes these posts bashing whatever trend is going on.
should we all just ditch fashionable design and stick to conservative, traditional stuff like serif fonts and make everything look like a frigging bank from the 1800s?
quit complaining about trends, they're art movements and they need to happen for anything interesting to happen in design
and it's not like these things ever last longer than a year or two
- F_180
i agree with scarabin on every point except his last sentence. i think we're entering a new aesthetic, and i don't think its going anywhere anytime soon.
- horton0
in fairness to this Mr. Tony Brock who has been partially quoted by travstar...
the complete comment has a little more insight and not just trend-bashing. in its entirety i actually don't mind what he has to say:
- lowimpakt0
let's go where the money is.
- studderine0
who cares what he has to say. it's design, not art. design has a purpose, art doesn't always have a purpose.
- tarvstar0
Yes, in all fairness to Mr. Brock, he does bring up a good point. My reason for posting that quote here was to see what others thought. Mr. Brock does a good job teaching students like me to look past what is fashionable and focus on clarity. I have only begun to consider the questions: If we aren't making "fluff", then what are we making? and Who are we making for?
- lowimpakt0
If we aren't making "fluff", then what are we making? and Who are we making for?
tarvstar
(May 24 06, 13:02
-----------------you are making it for the man. and the landlord. ad infinitum
- tarvstar0
Also...is there still such a thing as a Graphic Artist ??
- tasty0
When i was in school i was taught the definaition of graphic design was:
Visually Communicating through a combination of image and/or text that require little to no explanation.
So if alot of people are thinking about banging in a thorn bush with birds flying around them they are doing a exceptional job.
- studderine0
this is why i dropped out of the graphic design program at my school. trends, fads, this, that..i dont care!!!
- normal0
I'm making fluff for fluffy people and fluffy things. Not changing the world and do not expect it too either. Clarity, that's all fine and dandy when you're dealing with say an airport, but sometimes clients request 1800s bank style cross hatch flying cocks grasping banners.
- tarvstar0
HAHAHAHA!
- blastofv0
we're creating design that communicates an idea for our client
we're consulting on how best to reach the right people, and how best to connect with them in order to accomplish pre-determined goals
if we're doing a good job of differentiating our clients from their copetitors, then the work won't look like anything else that's already out there
if artistic elements support those efforts, great, but otherwise, there should be no confusion between client-driven design and art – even if the art is created in Illustrator and Photoshop
- blastofv0
and once you're out of school and working a professional design job, you'll see how little room there is for the experimental stuff that gets us all jazzed up in design school
so find an artistic outlet, or a bad-ass company with bad-ass clients who encourage experimental work
- normal0
HAHAHAHA!
tarvstar
(May 24 06, 13:10)You think I'm joking? That was an actual commission that I finished about two months ago. It also involved a masonic cross with an eye, a nose, an ear, a flacid penis and the centerpiece was an especially hairy 1800s vagina.
- tarvstar0
so find an artistic outlet, or a bad-ass company with bad-ass clients who encourage experimental work
blastofv
(May 24 06, 13:12)trying to. know anyone that's hiring?
You think I'm joking? That was an actual commission that I finished about two months ago. It also involved a masonic cross with an eye, a nose, an ear, a flacid penis and the centerpiece was an especially hairy 1800s vagina.
normal
(May 24 06, 13:14)YIKES. a dream come true, right?