Comments on: Design can be _____. http://drawingonthepromises.com/graphic-design-is-______.htm brand + creativity + design Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Anonymous http://drawingonthepromises.com/graphic-design-is-______.htm/comment-page-1#comment-116 Anonymous Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:50:00 +0000 http://drawingonthepromises.com/graphic-design-is-______.htm#comment-116 Now <i>this</i> is interesting.... The underlying unanswered question is what makes graphic design so exciting when you start and so unsatisfying once you get the hang of it for a good number of years? My wild guess would be it's limitation in making a better world.<br/> <br/>Design is about fulfilling a desire, first, for things in a consumer society, but also for a sense of order in our lives. Our crazy post-modern little screwed-up world is so out of control in so many ways that the idea that you can <b>make things look better</b> is almost ludicrous. But on a deeper level it's still more than just esthetics, but survival: a taste of our real entitlement - you can have a taste of a heavenly kingdom but don't think it's going to be handed over. Not in this world, anyway...<br/>Design, to me, is about Hope. Now this is interesting…. The underlying unanswered question is what makes graphic design so exciting when you start and so unsatisfying once you get the hang of it for a good number of years? My wild guess would be it’s limitation in making a better world.

Design is about fulfilling a desire, first, for things in a consumer society, but also for a sense of order in our lives. Our crazy post-modern little screwed-up world is so out of control in so many ways that the idea that you can make things look better is almost ludicrous. But on a deeper level it’s still more than just esthetics, but survival: a taste of our real entitlement – you can have a taste of a heavenly kingdom but don’t think it’s going to be handed over. Not in this world, anyway…
Design, to me, is about Hope.

]]> By: Michael http://drawingonthepromises.com/graphic-design-is-______.htm/comment-page-1#comment-114 Michael Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:31:00 +0000 http://drawingonthepromises.com/graphic-design-is-______.htm#comment-114 Indeed, anyone can design.<br/><br/>Anyone can also sing.<br/>Anyone can also give a speech.<br/>Anyone can paint.<br/><br/>Few voices stir the heart.<br/>Few speeches move to action.<br/>Few paintings are hung in Paris.<br/><br/>Few designs communicate. Indeed, anyone can design.

Anyone can also sing.
Anyone can also give a speech.
Anyone can paint.

Few voices stir the heart.
Few speeches move to action.
Few paintings are hung in Paris.

Few designs communicate.

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