This post is a wee bit off topic in that it isn't strictly about traditional handmade design ... If that fact causes you great anxiety, I advise you to please to take it up with the manager, thank you. ;-)
When I went to school for art direction, the name of the program I studied in (and the wording on my Bachelor of Arts diploma) was "Communication Design." I really like that terminology, and the approach behind it. It can be summed up like this: The idea must always be central. Every decision made while creating the piece must either extend from the idea, extend the idea further, or both. I try to be idea-centric in all my artistic pursuits, commercial or otherwise. It's still probably most pronounced in the work I do in advertising; but, I try to be idea-centric in my crafting, too. The idea just might be something like "fuzziness," or "fluidity." Or, on occasion, " bacon". (I don't do much fine art, but the fine artists that I am drawn to tend to be somewhat cerebral as well, for example, the most genius artist of all time.)
So...
When my friend Sara showed me this excellent specimen of Communication Design, I absolutely had to share, even though it isn't technically "handmade design." (I suppose that it was made by hand if you consider the right hand of the animator, which must have been glued to his mouse for days – or months – to pull this thing out!)
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This is brilliant! I am going to forward this link to all the teachers at my school. Students need to understand this! On a side note, to all my liberal friends and family out there, whether or not you liked Pres. Bush, this demonstrates why he isn't the only one to blame for the economic crisis. It was Senator Chris Dodd and Representative Barney Frank who reduced the amount of capital that banks had to have in order to make these loans-from $1 to every $10 lent to $1 to $30. In addition, they made laws requiring bankers to make these sub-prime mortgages in an effort to offer equal housing...It is NOT equal housing it's supposed to be Equal Housing Opportunity. This country was not founded on a principal of equal results, rather equal opportunity to work toward desired results. The direction our government has taken is just shy of socialism and balks at true capitalism. Now we see the results of it on our own soil. I could keep ranting...I just hope we can survive the next four years without complete economic meltdown.
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