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- raf0
I loved his Gestalt Principles of Perception series and Redux articles, ie. http://www.andyrutledge.com/wall… You have to appreciate political humor in http://www.andyrutledge.com/usa-… (Rutledge is probably the only popular designer-blogger in the industry who thinks Obama is not a good choice, euphemistically speaking)
- omgitsacamera0
wow
what a prick.
- turned it into another socialist/communist complaint. sad.omgitsacamera
- http://andyrutledge.…********
- monkeyshine0
"creativity has nothing to do with design" ... I suppose I see what he's getting at but that's a jackass ignorant comment. It sounds like he's defining "creativity" as art and rehashing the ole design vs. art debate. I can't stand these absolutist arguments...smacks of wannabe elitism but not quite hitting it.
- ukit0
Wow...turns out he's just another ignorant right winger who thinks a center-left government (which a majority voted for) is "socialist"
http://www.andyrutledge.com/usa-…
Sorry...we can disagree on politics but anyone who drinks the Koolaid to this extent has no business lecturing others on the proper way to do things
- I understand you didn't pass the test?raf
- cener-left is socialist, does that cause you discomfort?raf
- Over in Europe maybe. Throwing out words like socialist, Marxist, all on the same page betrays a certain ignorance don't you think?ukit
- US Government is not socialist? That's something new. Relation of socialism to marxism is obvious...raf
- ...but if you don't see humor in that exaggerated mockup (read content) you have a problem.raf
- Very funny raf. Do you know how many representatives the Socialist party has in the U.S. legislature?ukit
- Anyway, it just seemed like angry demagoguery which is the opposite of the reasoned expert approach he seems to be sellingukit
- !!!THE US GOVERNMENT IS NOT SOCIALIST!!!********
- !!!IT'S A PROPAGANDA TRAP!!!********
- Dr_Sparkleshine0
I mean it's one thing to say there are design principles based on certain mathematical formula, and how it all relates to established human behavioral perceptions, etc. and it's another to use those manufactured formula as the basis of identification in the "designers club".
It's just dogma.
Like science, the formula or theory isn't "science" and it isn't "creative" - it's shorthand. It's a handy reference and summaition of all prior work to date so you don't have to reinvent the wheel each time you go around basically. But to actually "do" science involves quite alot of creativity. But no scientist would ever make the argument that "formulas are science", because they're not.
Galileo didn't know jack shit about the now established Newtonian principles of physics, let alone Einstein's e=mc2..but the guy is arguably one of the most important scientists that ever lived. Imagined quizzing Galileo on the principles of Newtonian physics, having him fail and then say "Well, you're just 'creative', you're certainly not a scientist."
Total ass wankery. This attitude of this Rutledge fellow is all based on priggish dogma. Dogma should be utilitarian, useful and effective. It is the slide ruler of any profession. But held up as a standard of judging what defines base human experience of creativity is just absolute total bullshit.
Makes sense that he holds conservative political opinions, since they excel at bending common experience to dogmatic principles even when reality informs them otherwise.
- He's just testing people's knowledge of their trade, disconcerted with graduates he interviewsraf
- ********0
Reduce the arguments down, and it comes down to one philosophical question: how to judge quality.
- People have been recommending this to me since college...still haven't read it thoughukit
- It's pretty good, interesting on a quite a few levels ... I'd recommend it too.********
- I thought it was great when I read it at 16..reread it after 30, just OK. Too wordy.Dr_Sparkleshine
- could be right there .. one of those time/place novels maybe********
- ukit0
He's right in the sense that many people in the field neglect the mathematical aspect of design. I don't think enough colleges teach enough about the proper use of grids and type, which are, after all, the building blocks of design.
Unfortunately he's ignored all that and gone for a bunch of arbitrary questions that look like the sort of thing you'd see on a "is art school right for you" questionaire.
- Yes. What I wanted to say, but more succinctly.Dr_Sparkleshine
- monNom0
his questions all relate to composition. probably the _most_ important aspect to consider in the arrangement of any information for a purpose, whether on a page/canvas, in an essay, or as a song. Grids and type are like tempo and colour: important, but less so than the overall structure.
- showpony0
dogma's fun!
- Dr_Sparkleshine0
"So, what did the emperor think of the composition?"
"Too many notes Herr Mozart. Too many notes."
- you are Antonio Salieri?typist
- I could be your Salieri. Would that turn you on?Dr_Sparkleshine
- brains0
- not really, I just wanted to use that gif.brains
- It's an outstanding gif. I feel like shoving you. Effective design.Dr_Sparkleshine
- I read it as 'fuck fist' first off .. then I realised you were pointing at me! *stammer*********
- must_dash0
design is just putting the effort into creativity for people to understand it. isn't it?