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CanwllCorfe · 01-24-2013, 06:06 PM

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Freebase Dali · 01-24-2013, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe

Designspiration — Design Inspiration

Of course.

It's always nice to go through sites like this after spending a day browsing through photographs of people selling their homes that quite obviously (and unfortunately) relied on their own judgement of what is acceptable not only to think looks good in terms of interior decorating, but to think looks good enough to have it as the main images that ultimately determine whether someone is not too busy vomiting all over their lap and any unlucky pets nearby, due to the extreme and outrageous lack of aesthetic ability exhibited by the vast majority of people selling their homes.

When you live in a place whose residents think that somehow, baby sh*t-brown walls, adult-sh*t brown cabinets, and orange ceilings, adorned with Victorian looking furniture, and bright yellow throw rugs, and an old CRT television mounted above the fireplace... when they think that actually looks anything other than the contents of a rotting demon uterus liquefied and applied to the environment liberally, one has to wonder whether a half-assed visual intelligence is actually a f*cking rare superpower or not.

CanwllCorfe · 01-24-2013, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

It's always nice to go through sites like this after spending a day browsing through photographs of people selling their homes that quite obviously (and unfortunately) relied on their own judgement of what is acceptable not only to think looks good in terms of interior decorating, but to think looks good enough to have it as the main images that ultimately determine whether someone is not too busy vomiting all over their lap and any unlucky pets nearby, due to the extreme and outrageous lack of aesthetic ability exhibited by the vast majority of people selling their homes.

When you live in a place whose residents think that somehow, baby sh*t-brown walls, adult-sh*t brown cabinets, and orange ceilings, adorned with Victorian looking furniture, and bright yellow throw rugs, and an old CRT television mounted above the fireplace... when they think that actually looks anything other than the contents of a rotting demon uterus liquefied and applied to the environment liberally, one has to wonder whether a half-assed visual intelligence is actually a f*cking rare superpower or not.

Let it all out. You'd be surprised though. Even people in my design courses with me right now (about to graduate) have a pretty horrid aesthetic. I pity them and don't see their future as being very bright, unless they alter their direction.

Freebase Dali · 01-24-2013, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe

Let it all out. You'd be surprised though. Even people in my design courses with me right now (about to graduate) have a pretty horrid aesthetic. I pity them and don't see their future as being very bright, unless they alter their direction.

The weird thing is, there is obviously an aspect of subjectivity to aesthetic that, to the common observer, they automatically assume that whatever they like qualifies as legitimate aesthetic. But the truth of the matter is that there are core design principles that have to be followed, that are based in human nature and response to begin with, that makes the foundation of design more of an objective thing before the subjective part of it ever comes into play.

I haven't taken a single design course in my life, and I feel this instinctively. We can't just go all willy-nilly declaring that such and such is objectively great simply because we personally enjoy it. There has to be the fundamentals of why design is aesthetic to begin with, and then we build on that with our own interpretations based on those fundamentals.

Most people I come across do not seem to understand this. It is surprising, however, that people who are (I assume) learning about that concept in design school, are not adhering to those basic principles.
And if they are, yet their personal tastes don't utilize those principles effectively, then I guess there are just some things people are simply not good at.

CanwllCorfe · 01-24-2013, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

The weird thing is, there is obviously an aspect of subjectivity to aesthetic that, to the common observer, they automatically assume that whatever they like qualifies as legitimate aesthetic. But the truth of the matter is that there are core design principles that have to be followed, that are based in human nature and response to begin with, that makes the foundation of design more of an objective thing before the subjective part of it ever comes into play.

I haven't taken a single design course in my life, and I feel this instinctively. We can't just go all willy-nilly declaring that such and such is objectively great simply because we personally enjoy it. There has to be the fundamentals of why design is aesthetic to begin with, and then we build on that with our own interpretations based on those fundamentals.

Most people I come across do not seem to understand this. It is surprising, however, that people who are (I assume) learning about that concept in design school, are not adhering to those basic principles.
And if they are, yet their personal tastes don't utilize those principles effectively, then I guess there are just some things people are simply not good at.

Exactly. They either understand them, but don't utilize them in such a way that improves the design, or they don't understand them, and try to make do with a kickass typeface they got from Dafont. I think some are just confused, and thought it sounded like an easy career. There's always room for improvement, naturally, but if you STILL can't grasp the basest design concepts while you're about to graduate, you're clearly in the wrong field.

Freebase Dali · 01-24-2013, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe

Exactly. They either understand them, but don't utilize them in such a way that improves the design, or they don't understand them, and try to make do with a kickass typeface they got from Dafont. I think some are just confused, and thought it sounded like an easy career. There's always room for improvement, naturally, but if you STILL can't grasp the basest design concepts while you're about to graduate, you're clearly in the wrong field.

Which is probably why any number of individuals being schooled in any discipline does not result in the same amount of skilled, successful professionals in it.

Ultimately, I think it's probably a beneficial thing. Otherwise talented people would stand no chance in the market!

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