In every design school I've been to, designers are exhorted as the solution to most of the world's problems. Creativity and innovation is held up as the saviour of humanity. And each student is given to believe that she or he is the chosen one. How can this sustain? How many new ideas would actually succeed? How many unsuccessful ideas would it take for one successful idea? How much junk, clutter and waste do we contribute to creating? No one, bar the odd Victor Papanek, bothers to ask these questions. No one tries to contextualize the world to students in a realistic way, telling them: "Not every one of us is a genius. Designers aren't the only ones with ideas, nor even the best-qualified ones. We all must do what we have to do, but let us keep the greater good of the planet and all its people always in view."
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Arvind Lodaya
Bangalore, India
Strategic Design, 3-Dimensional Design
Member since October 26, 2007
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Can designers ever be humble?
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In response to A lack of design knowledge, posted by David Carlson.Posted October 27, 2007
By Arvind Lodaya
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I could not agree more with Arvind Lodaya's--and in turn Victor Papanek's--viewpoint.
While it is important to sustain a degree of ego, especially in service to developing a singular style or "design personality" if you will, it is equally important to keep that ego in check.
My phrase for it: "A good idea doesn't care who has it."
Posted November 26, 2007
By Erick Anderson
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All our design schools are running by the fingers of designers and according to their thinking, even all design firms are on the parallel mode. So in that manner we are the subset of a main set that has been created long time back. So, sometimes to rewrite or reread or review the same thing gives a new feeling, it changes the whole viewpoint.
As a designer we have to be thankful to all our elder designers, that we got this opportunity to refine their mistakes. .Posted November 20, 2008
By shashank yadav
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