The key concern for designers today is to look for what people value in objects. "Design is about solutions" said Milton Glaser, who originated the "I (heart) NY" logo. So much branding...
In the group exercise we considered Richard Hamilton's 1956 collage, Just What Is It That makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing? under the headings form, context, meaning, effect/purpose - with some debate as to whether it was optimistic or ironic.
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And after all that - what is the purpose of art? Here's the list we came up with: expression, recording, create dialogue, relationship with things, encounter with materials, shed light on culture. Take your pick.
The afternoon session considered visual research - " a natural thing that all artists and designers do"- with the example of how American painter Eric Fischl paints on acetate to try out positions of subjects. This secquence of sketches was finally changed by using a different figure on the left, for the final painting:
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