By hadi alaeddin
Originally Posted On aslittledesign
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It is no secret, a designer’s brain functions through an intricate web of faulty wires coming in and out all over the place, in an environment of somewhat systematic chaos and an everlasting effort trying to control that chaos.
Ideas juggling back and forth between the right and left side of your brain.
One side conjures up a feeling, an abstract undefined sense of what he/she wants to do, and the other constantly fighting battles with every part of your body wanting to realize those ideas no matter how ambiguous and unworldly they might seem!
What most people forget about is passion, and I’m not talking about you loving your work;
it is a well-known fact that most designer’s egos are so big, naming every idea they have “their baby” until they are living in a secret society run by one, populated by the same one, and known also only to that one.
But that’s ok, we designers are proud of that, because with a certain amount of confidence, and love poured into every project we keep learning, growing, and we will do more good than we’ll ever do if we are over run by self-doubt every step of the way.
Back to my point, remember? The point I was trying to make.
My belief is that every good idea, after running through all parts necessary in your brain, before it is sent through your nervous system to the tips of your fingers and you start working, it has to pass by your heart first and YES of course this is a metaphor, I know feelings come from the brain too
{Form Follows Function} said Louis Henri Sullivan, Then in 1969 came Hartmut Esslinger, coined the term to contain wider issues which is the now famous {Form Follows Emotion}
These phrases never work out of context, they are easily misunderstood, what can be said is that the simplest guideline to good design is one that follow form, function, and emotion. What’s first and what’s last is never set, and will always be decided by who and what the design is for.
These graphics are starting to emerge out of this kind of mentality; this holistic view on design starting with the designer simply thinking about it, and ending with the perception of people interacting with it.
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Good day.
Tags: Articles On Posters, Brain, Clarendon, creative Process, Creativity, Design Principles, Emotional Design
