Idea Generation

Just came across this. for those of you who had to endure my lecture on idea generation last year, maybe it would have been a good idea for me to publish it!

Are Graphic Designers liars?

Sorry, have been away for a while. Heads down on MA stuff.  
I have been looking over some older work of mine and some recent students work and asked myself the question "are designers liars?" After all, we do what the client wants, and they simply want to make money, we will put whatever they want on the final outcome without paying much attention just as long as it looks good.
Do we not have a social responsibility? Therefore I would be interested in trying to find out what others think of this statement.
It would be interesting to gather examples of really misleading graphic design, and also good examples of honest design. Therefore, if anyone out there has any good images they want to share, pleased forward them on with your opinions. 

Design Council - Intersections

Don't play with your food

Seems I have not put anything up for a while. Have been trying to finish off the visuals for the presentation to Bath City Council re the wayfinding project. Should have something up here very soon for comments please.

In the mean time, whilst making a loverly winter soup, I started to play with the food, and so here is my Christmas card to you all (sustainable and edible). Hope you have a great break and 2011 is simply fantastic.

Merry Christmas from CreativeAdventures

So that's what you think of me!

So, this is what I look like to the students of Hereford College of Art. As part of an Idea Generation lecture yesterday, the students had to draw me in about a minute. The exercise was borrowed from Bob McKim, but with the twist of drawing me rather than each other. The same outcome though, apologies and embarrassment. 

Ok, if any of you check out the blog I would just repeat my comments of yesterday. Do not be affraid to go for it, having looked at them all, too many did small drawings in the top left hand corner when you had the whole page to use. Be bold, be confident, be proud. Try not to get caught up in the detail at the beginning. Practice it occasionally by doing the same exercise, and choosing anything to draw. Even use an A3 sheet of paper, oooh!

Seriously though, it was a good day. Hope you found it helpful. See you next week.

Well, why do we bother?

A Great Resource for Graphic Design Ideas & Inspiration.

So, while preparing a lecture on idea generation, I came across this. Now design is a board game. Giving you, the designer, hundreds of original ideas to solve your clients every problem. I suppose you only go to this when you have a block, the bowel kind, and use the heavy duty card in what ever way you can to ease the problem. Is this a cynical way to undermine the already often underated profession of design or just the only way a failed designer could see to make any money. Is he or she an ex employee of one of those fast print shops that have their "designers" in the back room working under the photocopy machine?

If I believed in god, I may ask him for help.