Assignment 1b

Design and the way we think about design has evolved over the years. Design plays a huge role in the modern business world. As designers, we must arrange elements in a way that is compelling to the audience while still making them creative. In one of the articles it talks about how people focus on the mechanical side of things way more than the design part, but there equally important. When in the design world people don’t look at the work we do equally, they tend to not care about the design part of things. Its our job to understand that design and how somethings looks plays a big  factor into why a consumer will buy a product, we have the power too bring life to a product. 

What distinguishes the field of design from other creative occupations is in design we are responsible for using visual compositions to solve problems and communicate ideas through imagery, color, etc. I believe in other creative occupations they are not always trying to make the connection between the company and the public. In The “Munari Design as Art” article it talks about why they don’t grab for just any artist, they grab for graphic designers because the graphic designer will make the connection between the art and the public. This is very important when designing anything because you need to grab the attention of the consumer. Something else that was interesting in the  “Munari design as art” is the article talks about how people at one point in time believed that an object was beautiful as long as it was functional. Some people still have this mindset, and I find it to be untrue because the way that something is presented to the consumer plays a huge factor in their purchase of the product. 

    The reason designers should concern themselves with unsolvable theoretical questions is because it will help with there thinking and improve there design process. The role technology plays in the design world is it creates limitless options in design. Due to technology all types of design techniques are being shared between artists all over, which makes for better designs. One of the biggest problems designers face today is the strictness that goes on in the business world when there trying to design. There are so many standards and rules that have to be followed that it takes away from the creative side of graphic design. It can be extremely hard to create something great when you are not free to do what you want. Designers are responsible for solving this problem because if we don’t start reversing some of those standards and going back to being creative then design will lose its value. I also think it important because some people don’t believe that design is important, and this is probably the reason they set specific rules for design so there isn’t much time spent on the design aspect.