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The Death of Originality in Design- Coming to Terms
Jan 12, 2010

Originality in the creative world is dead. If originality were a person, its obituary would have been extensively written and re-written several decades ago together with a whole series of memoirs, well before the advent of the Internet. Its demise however has not been readily acknowledged by the design community and till date, several designers are still claiming to have found “originality” in their creative endeavours. Truth be told, I am often left quietly bemused when I chance upon design portfolios emblazoned with opportunistic slogans such as these: “We make wholly original and creative websites”. Are they staging a dramatic (and historic) resurrection of an age-old concept? I think not.

 

 

Designing an Idea - How to Beautify your Inspiration
Jan 7, 2010

Designing a website is, as most designers would already know, a methodical process which typically requisites a fair amount of creativity, knowledge on aesthetic principles and a decent handling of code/mark-up. (primarily CSS). These steps are acquired thorough consistent practice and experimentation. But what about the creative ideas behind these designs, how can they be evolved, and transformed into effective starting points of an overall website design? This article explores how exactly designers can “design an idea”, before integrating that very same idea into the structured paradigm of a new web project.

The Risk of Being Unique – The Logic of Design Styles
Jan 3, 2010

Every designer has a signature style interwoven into the fabric his/her work – it can be an intentional feature of a design project but it can also be suppressed in the case of commercially driven corporate work, where functionality and purpose supersedes personalised creativity. Uniqueness is a facet of aesthetic style, but it involves the courage to be creatively different from standardized design conventions. Is there a risk in being unique in an industry/community which embraces creative ambition but also prefers to preserve certain aesthetic traditions?

 

 

What is Design? A Thorough Analysis of Definitions
Dec 18, 2009

“Design” and “Designer” – are words that are often used rather liberally to refer to the profession or craft of “making functional and perceivably attractive things”. Design in its contemporary linguistic usage bears an almost absolute resonance with “beautiful aesthetics”; a connection, which is understandable but inherently myopic. Design is creativity and beauty but also much more.