thirty conversations on design

I chose to listen to Deborah Adler, Tony Hawk, and Jessica Hische. I’m definitely going to go back and watch more of these. But for now, I’ll discuss these.

Deborah Adler is a designer in NYC and she worked for Milton Glaser (one of my favorites) for five years. I really enjoyed listening to her and I connected with her about the sculpture that inspired her. She said that the ‘Pieta’ by Michaelangelo inspired her the most. I remember visiting this statue very vividly when I was traveling Italy with my sister. For most of the people on the guided tour in St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, this statue could be easily overlooked because of the vastness and extravagant place by which is it housed. However, I have always loved statues more than any other form of art and I was similarly effected by ‘Winged Victory’ in the Louvre. The statue (by an unknown sculptor) shows mastery and great detail and such emotion is convey by the posture of the Greek goddess, Nike. Or maybe I just associate this piece with Nike products.

Tony Hawk had a very different influence than a statue, something incredibly more modern. He was influenced most by Apple products and how they turned a technology that was solely functional for the business world and turned it into something that we can all enjoy and be creative and innovative with. And also, to help us communicate with each other, I guess that was the underlying purpose behind the products.

Finally, I picked Jessica Hische. Sweet, adorable, and all I aspire to be, Jessica Hische. Want to know where my infatuation began with her? Just take a look at this. Amazing and too cute nerdy for words couple, amiright? She took some time to discuss what inspires her to keep learning more about design and what designers need to do. She focuses on the death of the print industry and how that effects designers as far as pricing and rights for print or digital. She makes a good point that everything is gearing to transition to digital and designers need to be paid the same for digital products as print products. She is great. That is all.