3x3: Graphic Design Off the Page

Last night's 3x3 at the Art Center was inspirational since it reminds all designers of what goals they're working towards.

It's great to see how design is applicable to all kinds of things in the real world. As of now our skills are pretty much limited to smaller and common things such as posters and t-shirts, but with hard work and dedication, our skills WILL develop to be something people will hopefully talk about.

The three guests who spoke had very interesting ways of manipulating design, not all three were equally interesting, but they are obviously good at what they do.

One question seemed to be very difficult for them to answer, which went something like this: "What qualities and type of work do you look for in someone's portfolio?". Most of their answers were very open, and different. I basically understood that they cannot specifically look for something within someone's portfolio; they're basically looking for something that will instill interest in the person's abilities.

First day in Art 220

Triggering one's creative thought is very important, and this concept development class seems to head into some awesome creative triggering.

The "apple" experiment seems to bring up a lot of "what if" or "would this work" type of questions, making it excitingly interesting. Although the same apple might be represented throughout our "sketches", it will most definitely NOT look like the same apple in any two of the sketches. This makes me realize that the whole point is to understand how ideas are created, since the result you might be expecting might actually, or most definitely will not be the one you will end up with.