Posts Tagged ‘daily sketch’
Doodling & Thinking Up…
When all else fails — go back to what you know. For me it is the doodle. Always a great way to clear the head and get pumped to get back on the computer. I started to play with this stencil doodle late this morning. Looking forward to using it and a few others in my Hello books.
Just ran across this in Austin Howe’s book Designers Don’t Read :: a short excerpt and quote from James McMullan.
” Drawing brings into balance the literacy and graphic aspects of our design. When we draw well, we can use it as a kind of alchemical process to distill words ideas and image ideas down to whatever really works between them.”
daily doodle :: first things first…
Fig. 120810-01 :: first things first...
We Need More Farmers :: Creative Farmers
I started this journey on a small family farm in southeast virginia. When I was a kid we raised hogs – hampshire was the breed of choice. My brother and I still have a few first place ribbons at the farm house from our 4-H victories in the ring. While growing up on the farm was a great experience — my time away from the farm and watching my father redefine himself over and over again to continue doing what he loves is always a great point of inspiration.
I think we are at time where we as creatives have to push our thinking further than the media we are designing in today. We should open our perspective to looking at our products as seeds. What Ideas are planting in the world?
There is a social awareness to the true implements of integrated systems and silo thinking in such great documentaries as Food Inc and books like Cradle to Cradle. I think the awareness of brands and the new conversation that has started with social media platforms has suddenly given us an honest insight to what the general public thinks of our clients and our work. While focus groups are nice — we must step out of the green house to our true working environments.
Once you make the decision to step over to become a creative farmer — you can rethink the true cycle of our work. Drop the industry term of innovation and just simply rethink & repurpose with the resources you have to better define your product, brand, or self awareness.
My father in his journey to keep farming has been forced to rethink & repurpose machinery, buildings, and simple practices — that in some cases were used before corporate farms redefined the job of a farmer in the modern age. I believe as designers we too must just as much look back as we do forward. Calling yourself one type of designer over another is a point of vanity. The truth is we must first be designers, creatives, thinkers :: the hot media is great for the moment but leaves you behind in the life of a career. Go ahead step beyond the media and think of a career in creative farming… ha, ha, ha.
That is all I have for now.
I’ll have more once this seed takes root.
10.04 :: daily doodles by mom & rylie
i found these doodles by rylie and mom (kami) in the kitchen this morning.
i thought they were a great collaborative project… ha ,ha, ha.
enjoy.
