The contradictions of design
By on March 23, 2009 7:15 PM | 1 Comment
"...an artist is someone who has the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind
at the same time and still retain the ability to function."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Designer Douglas Bowman's reasons for leaving Google remind us that there's a reason we call design an art and not a science. Data and user feedback are always important ingredients of good design, but they are never the sole ingredients of great design.
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Marcel d'Entremont | April 8, 2009 8:59 AM
I always share my perspective of artist vs. designer with my learners... "An artist does what s/he wants; sharing emotions, feelings and views they create from their heads and hearts. There is an emotional attachment to the work. A designer has to get inside a clients' head and design what is in the clients' hearts. Designers must separate emotion from work."