Designer
Sometimes, I am an artist. Sometimes, a geek.
It just depends on the project.
The Story of Steph
Design, to me, utilizes the two brain hemispheres perfectly to form a visual style. The creative energy from the right side gives color, life and spirit, while a logical analysis of the problem at hand suggests grids, hierarchy, and structure. The juxtaposition of free-flowing organic forms to the hard edges of geometry, of black-and-white to bold color, of the minimalist to the complex –
these combine in infinite variations to produce design that embodies the whole of the human experience.
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The Exercise of Passion
Philip Petit, from Man on Wire: “To me, it’s so simple that life should be lived on the edge of life. You have to exercise rebellion. To refuse to taper yourself to rules, to refuse your own success, to refuse to repeat yourself, to see every day, every year, every idea as a true challenge. And then you are going to live your life on the tightrope.”
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A Design Manifesto to Live By
Dieter Rams, from Objectified:
Good design should be innovative.
Good design should make a product useful.
Good design is aesthetic design.
Good design will make a product understandable.
Good design is honest.
Good design is unobtrusive
Good design is long-lived
Good design is consistent in every detail.
Good design is environmentally friendly.
Good design is as little design as possible.
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