To design for the future we must be aware of the past. This course, design in context, has helped me to grow as a designer; learning to understand complexities of how and why design has evolved has helped me to personally think about why I do things the way I do. The things I design is now more well informed and consequently is more meaningful than "because it looks cool." By putting in a triangle I am creating structure, hierarchy and masculinity, by adding curves, I am suggesting something feminine.
This course has helped me come to appreciate the effort design historians, such as Itten, have put into design to make it as socially acceptable as it is today as a career, particularly for females. I can only hope that our generation today will be able to put something back into history to pave an even better road for the future.
No comments:
Post a Comment