Jessica Helfand:
Jessica provided a great commentary on what inspires her the most with respect to design. Her answer was that everything is always changing in design so nothing that is here today has the assurance to be prominent in a year. She, therefore, says that her students are her greatest inspirations because they keep up with the changing and they provide the doorway to the new and evolving elements of design. She learns from them about what’s important and is a better designer because of it.
Kwaku Alston:
Kwaku’s video is fun because it looks at something so nostalgic, the VW van. The van, according to Alston, is something so unique to American people. Its owners take pride in every bump and scratch, every bumper sticker. He says that no two VW vans end up looking the same, even though they have a very simple and basic design.
Monica Nassif:
I loved Monica’s use of the spoon symbol as being representative of the design industry. She says that the kitchen and the spoon allows for creation, moving, sharing of all that is good and all that is available. It makes a lot of sense that design, much like a spoon when cooking, asks us to create something and share something based off of what is available to us.