Comments on: How to be the Best Designer in the World?

By: Taylor & Mackenzie

Taylor & Mackenzie — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:00:01 +0000

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By: Taylor & Mackenzie

Taylor & Mackenzie — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:59:31 +0000

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By: Arnold62

Arnold62 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:29:00 +0000

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By: Roy97

Roy97 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:22:23 +0000

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By: weshwesh

weshwesh — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:46:42 +0000

isn’t it obvious that you need to spend time on practicing to become a master? if I ask to a master of KungFu some tips to improve my skills and the guy reply, “I got a good one: practice more…” I would feel a bit disappointed, not you?

By: ranjix

ranjix — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:49:15 +0000

thanks Brian.
Personally I do see a big gap between “good in design” and “good in design skills”, just like I see a big gap between the title of the article “how to be the best designer” and the rest of the article, which touches the problem of sketching. To simplify, I would judge a good designer based on the final result, not on how good the sketch looked. Also, I think the sketching “talent” is trainable and measurable, while the “problem solving” less so (requires multidisciplinary knowledge). But, nothing is impossible – I liked a a quote from Michelangelo I found on Internet – “If people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all”.

By: Website Design Sydney

Website Design Sydney — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:46:37 +0000

Hi,

Really Nice tips for designers,

Thanks a lot for share a nice stuff.

By: Brian Ling

Brian Ling — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:32:54 +0000

@ J Dizzle Thanks for the comment.

@All, I believe some of you miss the point. This is not an article about what is Design supposed to be. This is about how to become good in design, or good in design skills. The same goes, if you seek a “desire to understand”, or to you “design is about problem solving”, and these skills are what you feel is important in your career in Design, you will equally need to put time into getting better at “problem solving” etc., and you do this by solving as many design exercises you can manage.

Regards
Brian

By: J Dizzle

J Dizzle — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:39:35 +0000

Design is the idea. The art of design is the communication of that idea. You can’t really write down the shape you have in your head in paragraph form and expect someone else to read your writing and understand you every time. If you can’t sketch, you’re going to have a hard time modeling. If you can’t model it (these days) you’re not going to be able to show your idea to anyone. Without that, what do you have? An idea in your head.

Teriffic article. Everyone should read what this guy has to say about making goals and following your dreams.

By: ranjix

ranjix — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:33:00 +0000

hmm… In other places I saw the 10,000 hours barrier to become the “expert”. Regardless, what I find missing in this piece is the desire to understand, if you want, the physics of objects and interaction, understand actually the problem. Design is not about sketching and rhino3d, just like sculpture is not about hitting a chisel, or programming about drawing UI in VB or whatnot. Someone else said before, design is about solving problems – in elegant ways I would add. Think of it as an art of convergence between various (and sometimes very divergent, from technical to artistic) disciplines, and then you’ll see that great design comes from the best “integrators”.
just my opinon…