My Task 1

Hey guys,

Well we all survived the in class, read your work out loud session..

I thought it would be cool to post our work here so we can see where everyone is at. It's a very individual project atm, but we can all help each other out with feed back.

So here's mine..

I love the feeling of a good idea. All design starts with an idea, but it can be so hard to actually get started. When you finally get that idea and the designs start flowing it can be really exciting. Then, after numerous sleepless nights, and stressful days, you get to go to the printer and pick up your most recent creation. It makes it all worth it, and you soon forget the stress and anger you once felt towards the project.

However, I believe it is essential to design with reason, because design without reason is pointless and a waste of time. We have been given an opportunity to speak to the greater public, and we need to say more than, ‘these colours looked pretty together’.

There are so many opportunities throughout the world of design, if we look around us, almost everything you see, has been designed. We as designers have the power to influence the world through our work, and need to use this amazing tool with extreme care. In my opinion, designers have a huge social responsibility to ensure our creations enhance our community; we need to be honest and true with our designs, and not make things look more aesthetically pleasing in order to sell more copies. Our world is becoming more and more artificial; and we have the power to keep it real.

The role of designers can often be over looked and not seen as an important contribution to the community. What people need to remember is we are the voice that the greater public hears. People remember the images more than the text, visual communication can be used to greatly influence the greater public, we need to make sure that the message we are sending is what we are ready for them all to see and be impacted by.

Happy Designing!

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Task One

It says part of Task One is to research and discuss as a group the following issues:

- Design Ethics
- Social responsibility
- Sustainability
- Community

So just thought I’d post up a few design images I came across for each of the topics for discussion…



DESIGN ETHICS














SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
















SUSTAINABILITY
















COMMUNITY

DG Design Network comp

all the info for the DG Design Network comp is HERE. everything you need is on there, including the Call For Entries, and the package you need to put it all together.
for those who cant remember wtf it was, its the alternative to doing the AGIDEAS comp in melb.

theyre due in on Friday the 17th of April, so try and get them in by Wednesday the 15th in class i guess?

HERE YO.

LIVE BRIEF Task One: Design Position

from thanh

might help in the research section . click - stepmagazine.

We're gonna win.

I think we should win.