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Design: Inspiration & Problem Solving
On the website, ThirtyConversationsonDesign.com, I watched several short interviews from the most creative designers all around the world and no two answers were ever the same yet it had overall a basic theme. The individuals being interviewed were asked two … Continue reading
Brains and Beauty, The Heart, and Bare Bones
Kit Henrich, in the short film “Bare Bones,” answers the question “What problem would you like to solve using design?” His answer, “airport security.” Designers have the ability to do more than convey a message or organize in aesthetically pleasing combination. … Continue reading
Design Will Save The World
I loved watching these interviews with designers and finding out what they’re passionate about and what sorts of work they admire. I’ve always thought about design in terms of whose aesthetic or style I admired. I love Eames era furniture, … Continue reading
Design as a Solution
When watching the videos in the Thirty Conversations on Design series, I loved the variety of responses to the question: “What problem should design solve next?.” The one response that I was instantly drawn to was Ze Frank’s. I love … Continue reading
Hook, Line and Sinker
Like Alexandra, I watched way too many of these. However, I really liked ‘Best Friends’ with Katie Kirk and Nathan Strandberg. I know, I know…this is really girly of me. But I truly LIKED the design and aesthetics of their … Continue reading
30 convos
This week I watched 3 shorts from the 30 conversations on design web page. I really enjoyed this assignment and ended up watching many of the thirty videos, I will focus on the three that I enjoyed the most. … Continue reading
*Words of Wise–Design*
The short collection of short videos, while infused with the design professions of multiple artists and successful business people all had an urgent and somewhat whimsical feeling to them. Through watching only a few of them, it was refreshing to … Continue reading
Designing for the Greater Good
Thirty creatives gave their opinions on the following two questions: “What single example of design inspires you most?” and “What problem should design solve next?” Edwin Chan, Paula Scher, and Tina Roth Eisenberg (3 of 60 creatives between 2009-2010) discusses … Continue reading
The Inspiration of Design
One of the videos i looked at was Need vs. Want by Edwin Chan. He talks about drawing inspiration from the Mandala. He also talks about how much we waste as humans and how there are so many things in … Continue reading
I accidentally watched like 20 of these.
The more videos I watched, the more curious I was about what all the other people would say. Then I realized I had five pages of notes. So I scanned them. Here they are, with some additional thoughts on the … Continue reading