For our final group of readings, the first one talked about specializations in the design industry. Specialization, in my mind, is so important for a designer trying to get a job, so what I’ve been told. Being able to have a skill in design that brings something new to the table is very important. The …
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Response 10
The week’s readings was wild. The first one was pretty eyeopening and very informative. The talk with from Liz Jackson was about the empathy and disability stigmas, and how designers can help. She talks about empathy, and how her and others like her struggle with it. She goes onto to explain a situating where she …
Response 9
The first article that we had to read for this week’s reading is tilted ‘This is what I have learned’ by Milton Glaser. His first point was to only work for people that you like. I somewhat really agree with that statement. I you are working for someone that you don’t like, then your friably …
Response 8
For this week’s readings, we have the first article talking about automation coming to the design field and how that might effect the field as a whole. The is something that care about deeply but is not too worried about it. In my limited experience so far, I think there is some ways that automation …
Response 7
For this week’s readings, the first article titled ‘Who Companies Question the Value of Design’ by Alan Cooper was and interesting read. This reading talked about how companies perceive designers. He goes into about how designers should start talking to companies on their level. Basically, he highlights rather than changing other’s minds about the value …
Response 6
For this week’s readings, we had to read an article titled ‘Wicked Problems: Problems Worth Solving.’ For starters I was very interested in this set of articles. The term ‘wicked problems’ were brought up in the last set of readings, but I didn’t really understand what they were. So I was excited to get an …
Response 5
The first Ted Talk of the many readings/videos today is ‘Teaching design for change’ by Emily Pilloton. Emily first talked about something she calls Project H, a nonprofit design program, and how it benefits Bertie County, North Carolina. When listening to her Ted Talk, One of the things that she put a massive emphasis on …
Response 4
At the beginning of this reading, we read an article titled ‘Is there too much to know to be an effective designer?’ I very much already have an opinion on this one. I believe that yes, we do need to learn so much to be a effective designer, and I believe that a four year …
Response 3
The readings this week was about the different design principles. Before we get started, I was initially pretty blown away, because I didn’t know that there were this any different design principles. I knew the term graphic design was a pretty broad term, but I did not know, when it comes down to the specifics, …
Response 2
For the readings this week, these reading were all about leadership and how it relates with design and design principles. The first article talks about clients and their relationship with designers. In the article ‘Leadership is The Strategic Issue,’ the author goes over how the design designs are made by the client even though the …