Topic awaiting preservation: is it possible to teach 'design flair'? |
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Bipolar (III) Inmate From: the dark one with no windows |
posted 08-18-2004 05:50
the advisory board for my new graphic design curriculum wants us to somehow create artists out of doodlers, to teach 'design flair & visualization' skills. |
Bipolar (III) Inmate From: BC, Canada |
posted 08-18-2004 11:02
You'll probably have to create a set of excercises that teach them the basics. |
Neurotic (0) Inmate Newly admitted From: |
posted 08-18-2004 13:26
As a former student [2 year Graphic design and 2 year Photography] I agree that it is learned and acquired not really taught. You can teach them how to design in various ways, various styles, and then help them refine their own styles. You cant teach them to be 'Good Designers'. And just because you have a degree from Cooper Union does NOT automatically make you a good designer also. Some of the best designers I've seen are the self-taught, with a bit of Art school history. Not the Graduate school degree holders. Sad but true. Its just like the saying: "Just because you have money, doesn't mean you have taste." Just because you have a degree, does not make you a good designer. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: few miles outside philly |
posted 08-18-2004 13:28
I think the best you can do is show them what's out there already, have them duplicate those styles and hope that sometime down the road they can adapt these exsisting styles into something unique. Or if you're really lucky they'll do something totally different. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: under the bed |
posted 08-18-2004 18:02
Certainly. |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: out of nowhere... |
posted 08-19-2004 00:00
I don't know - there are plenty of people who take idiots' money every day, who are supposedly at the top of their profession (some even have TV shows), and none of whom were born with even the slightest hint of 'design flair' talent. |
Bipolar (III) Inmate From: the dark one with no windows |
posted 08-20-2004 05:54
maybe 'flair' should be a prerequisite for the course. |