Seamus Corr
Objectified Response
- Do you agree or disagree with any of the designer’s statements, why?
There were a lot of designer’s opinions that I do fully agree with. Designer Dieter Rams really stood out to me, however. He stated that design should be a multitude of things. Design should be innovative, honest, useful, long-lived, environmentally friendly, minimalistic, etc. I agree with this quote the most, especially in the sense of designing for new media.
- Has anything the designers said changed how you thought about design?
Again, Dieter Rams absolutely changed how I thought about design. He stated that new designs are thoughtless and arbitrary. Alongside his thought of good design being minimalistic, I’ve always catered my work to minimalism. I feel getting the point across rather than adding flashy details is much more effective.
- Each designer interviewed defined how they see Design, how would you define design and how has that definition changed?
I view design as a media for relaying a message. Personally, I would much rather view a poster for an event rather than read a short article about the event. Before I started my education at RMU, I tended to create very flashy and colorful designs that would grab the attention of a viewer through color and boldness. Now I believe that good design captures attention and retains attention through sleek and much more thought out placement of information.