Stop what you are doing. Right where you are, stop all cognitive activity and flood your mind with silence (this is almost impossible, but give it a good try). Once you have done this, stand up, slowly turn around in a circle, and observe in detail what surrounds you. Look up, look down, look side to side, look to the horizon line, and to the edge of what surrounds you. Pay close attention to what captures your eye first, and then identify what it is that draws you in. Why you, why it, why this with that, why do we associate a loyalty to a favorite chair, what does favorite mean, what does the automatic response to proximity say about experience, why does the light shining through tree branches get over looked? The world at large is strengthened by its subconscious abilities; we are attracted to positive experiences of coherent idioms.
A week ago, I attended an ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) hosted event, accompanied by IIDA (International Interior Designers Association) representation. Its purpose was to gather interior design, contractor, architect, and field supportive professionals to acknowledge regulation of interior design in not only the state of Florida, but in the eyes of the general public. Among the crowd of professionals stood an eager yet hesitant group of interior design students, and as one of those student’s, let’s just say there is something to be said about the power and strength behind this group of people. A line was drawn when Interior Design as a profession was (and still is being) put to question, and it has recently been made apparent that the general public overlooks many of the very elements that interior, textile, industrial, graphic, and urban designers are responsible for while transforming chaos to order, and the way we live our day-to-days. From the way we turn to get out of bed in the morning, to the reach of our toothbrush, to the flooring beneath our feet, to the voltage of a light bulb, to the thickness of a glass window separating us from the rain outdoors, to the street sign suggesting “Yield,” and I could go on and on, but all of these things require a diverse collective of professionals to accurately design the way of your every day.
A year ago, I purchased a framed poster from a garage sale, published in 1990 stating, “the internet is a fad,” and I thought it was a perfect example of how a revolution began and a very simple idea to “connect all” transpired. When I started this blog, I immediately thought of that quote, because DESIGN is a necessary way-finding revolution. A (design) profession must be willing to connect itself to the community of believers and opposition, because we are all inter-connected. We are connected by a goal, one goal: to live, observantly. It is our nature to consciously and subconsciously observe, or if you will, snoop around to see what’s goin’ on out there. “The good out there,” on the right side of my blog site is dedicated to other blogs and websites that I have observed and watched for some time now. The list is very eclectic, including all of the professions listed above, and will continue to grow and serve as the platform for an infectious understanding of design, and the underlying line that connects us all.
So, stop what you are doing, this blog entry is over. Go to the scroll bar, scroll up, click on a link, and support the snooping.
Ps, ___________________________________ now, that’s seductive.
I really like your writing style :)and you are absolutely right! designers change people's life.... Everything that we see touch and feel had gone through a design process and only people with the knowledge and experience can create a good design.
ReplyDeletei agree: we do need to see the world in a different perspective, and sometimes it takes us a minute to slow down and actually SEE what is going on around us. i know as designers and artist, we tend to do this more often than "other" people, but it is important to do these things so we can better understand design - how nature is designed, etc, and how it can influence our own creativity.
ReplyDeletefantastic! look forward to reading more.... just bookmarked your site.. and thanks for linking to my site..
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david john
YHBHS interiors + art
You have a great way of making sense without sacrificing your creativity. It was an incredible valuable point to make when you explained interior design as a profession instead of an occupation.
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