READING RESPONSE #1

• According to this author, what role should design play in society?

The author believes that graphic designers tend to put a lot of their energies into their field when creating their work and branding themselves as maker. According to the Author, graphic designers from the 1900s would describe old artworks as “shamefully elitist and ego-driven.” In their mind, it was bourgeois and a subjective vision that corrupted society. Graphic design become a profession that subjectivity was replaced by the idea of objectivity. 

• What role does technology play in shaping design?

The role that technology played in shaping design is Technology today would put out creation, production, and distribution into the hands of the designer. It would enable bold assertions of the artistic presence. Technology today would be used by graphic designers to create and communicate through their artwork.

• What are the most urgent problems facing designers today?

The most urgent problems we designers would be facing today is feeling of stress and fear. I would be saying stress is one of the problems that we designers would have to face because you have deadlines for your client. you feel the stress when worrying that you won’t make it to the deadline. The biggest thing I believe designers faced the most is fear. They would have the fear that their work wouldn’t be good enough for their clients. 

• How, and why, is a designer responsible for solving these problems?

It is the designer’s responsibility to be solving these problems because we are the one who creates the artwork that communicates a message to the viewer.