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Today we watched an episode of Tedd Talk. The speaker was a designer in the name of Marian Bantjes who explained to us how she built her career through something that she loved, which really inspired me because honestly im still very hesitant of being in this field. My biggest fear would be trying to be a good at something and at the end it would just be a DEAD END!!!
Marian Bantjes told us that she used to go by the rules. She used to follow strategy but now she just follows her instinct. She follows her heart and her interest. Which doesn’t always work (well at least for me) but for Marian she seems to be doing very well at it because this lead her design to be interesting and unique. Whenever she works on a design she ask herself “does it bring joy? does it bring wonder? curiosity?”. i am intrigued by this ideology because when i design i usually deliver it when something looks presentable. How i was taught was just was just getting the message across. Most of the time i dont have any feeling towards my design.
When she showed her example of the puzzle, She took pieces of letter forms and created these tile units that she placed together to create this very interesting design that at first looked like scribbles to me but she used it to create letters and words to make a pattern, it was puzzling but not impossible to read. This was a very interesting concept because what shes trying to perceive is that design does not always have to be serious. It can very much be fun!
Marian also showed us how she worked with sugar to create letterform which i found it to be really cool! After watching that I tried to go home and play with sugar just to see what I could come up with and it wasn’t even close to what she showed my stuff looked like a bunch of doodles but it was relaxing and the texture was interesting as well. She basically is able to take things that we use in our everyday life and manipulates them for her benefit and comes up with these amazing designs which was super fascinating!
Marian taught us that design is all around us. It sure does not have to be anyway difficult. It can be free and fun. Her design is very unique and original because it’s a representation of her. Her ideas, Her thoughts and her fascination.
Sitting to the far left of the class I was introduced “Topics of Graphic Design” taught by professor Marianna Trofimova. From what I understood, this class is going to talk about graphic design in the real world. In other words how much a Graphic designer is going to make, what are the potential jobs out there, and what are the types of graphic designers etc.
Then we were asked to introduced ourselves followed by a statement of what do we want to get out of this class. I really enjoyed that sector of the class because it makes me feel that I am not alone when it comes to having so much questions in my head. My question was “how much does a graphic designer make starting out?” I am very intrigues to finding the answer to that question because everyone wants to know how much they are going to be worth once they get out of college. Many people will say why don’t you “google it”. but sometimes I feel like it is better to ask a professional like professor Trofimova where she has 20-30 years on the field. I feel like I can learn some RAW information from her class. Theres nothing better than primary source.
After that we watched a short video about doodling. How doodling can improve your attention span especially attending some lecture class. A lot of people especially parent discourages such act because they think it is unproductive and immature. Instead doodling helps \people to obtain the information in class more fluently. INTERESTING RIGHT?
In conclusion, I have a great feeling about this class apart from having to present in class. I hate presentation but I know it something I have to conquer before I graduate from college. My field requires me to. anyways the professor looks really straight forward with a chilled attitude. I am looking forward to learning more from her class.
