Food for thought:
There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers.
It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes
in a determined man. People know that when he undertakes a thing,
the battle is half won, for his rule is to accomplish whatever he sets out to do.
-- Orison Swett Marden
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:: Ideas! A closer look at creativity
One of the most daunting task for a designer is to generate ideas. Sometimes this task is considered a minor undertaking for unknowing people. Why so? Because the results may look convincingly simple. Deceitfully simple. Nada. This is not the case as you may well know...
...So how do we in fact become proficient idea generators?
How formidable is that tool? The force of one’s imagination brought upon us some of the greatest achievements of humankind...
...Now, we might not get our boss or client to faint of ecstasy over our work but setting up the right environment to use the pressures will provide our extracting the best of our talent.
:: Eye candy* it's role in communication design
In times of trouble the first thing crossed out the grocery list is... candy, sweets. You need to stick to a strict budget, so you keep to the bare necessities. That’s it, no extra permitted until better times come around.
You have talent; you know you have talent; you have had great grades and / or projects while completing your education that prove it... but... that is step one. Learning the trade is altogether another *education*.
:: Creative concept - a method
Never start a project on a single idea. Build a solid creative concept first and watch both client and team members get charged with expectations.
Most companies try to summarize with more or less success their uniqueness by having a logotype designed which will more often than not, include the *name* of the company. Only a few are able to brand their company on an icon style logo with no *name* attached to it. So when is the use of a liner relevant?
In a world where horizontal models of management are fast becoming the way to go, YOU, your Name is a brand! THE brand.
A website is a living organism that will grow and split over time. Make sure you have identified a unique need that your website will launch with and provide to.
After reading this - if you don't recognize yourself in any of the obstacles I have faced - great! But don't kid yourself - you will need to challenge your own limitations to progress and develop your own signature.
An introduction on how to nurture your creative talents.
:: Visual architecture the rule of 3
Visual architecture is applied to the new media design context and defined as the use of a particular method of building visual information and balancing communication between images and words...