Anyway, we were given the task of finding three Non web designers and we have to write about them as a designer, why we like them/their work and how their work can relate to my web design work. The three designers I have chosen are sort of the same - not very diverse... But the brief didn't specify how diverse they had to be.
Designer 1: Clothes Designer: Paul Smith
I have chosen to do Paul Smith as one of my designers simply because I love his work. I admit to owning a number of his clothes and accessories.
He's been designing for 40 years and started out in Nottingham (where I live) with a tiny shop on Byard Lane in 1070. Now he has shops in places all over the world like New York, London, Tokyo, Dubai and Los Angeles to name a few.
The main reason why I like his work so much is, that he's not afraid to break the barriers. For example, when some of the high street clothes shops made t-shirts with shirt designs printed on them (so it was a t-shirt that looked like a shirt), Paul Smith went one step further with one of his women's collections by printing pictures of cardigans and scarves on to tshirts so make it look like you were wearing just that. See the photo below if you didn't understand a word of that. That's what I hope to do with web design when I'm good enough at it. Then, hopefully, I can get my work out their and do stuff other people haven't. Another reason why I like him is that he uses lots of colours that go together really well (which kind of helps when your designing clothes). This is a good skill for web designers to have to help make your websites eye catching. A good example of how Paul Smith does this is with his Signature Stripes. (see picture below).
Designer 2: Interior Designer: Adrienne Chinn
My second designer is an interior designer. Mainly because I think rooms are like websites, everything has its own special place. The designer I have chosen is Adrienne Chinn.
Chinn owns her own interior designers, Adrienne Chinn Design Company Limited and had an "intention of bringing high quality original interior design to the residential and commercial marketplaces." (http://www.adriennechinn.co.uk/the.htm accessed 14/1/10)The business has been going since 1999.
I love Adriennes work because she can make a room into any style the client wants. This is a good skill to have for a web designer. To be diverse can mean getting a really good job rather than just an OK one. She also know what things work well together.
Whilst designing websites at the moment, I like to go for the simple effect, mainly because that's all I know how to do at the moment.Chinn also goes for this approach regularly, but knows how to make the "simple" look good. I hope I do this too.
See the example below of a kitchen she designed. Simple, yet elegant.
Designer 3: Graphic Designer: David Carson
For my final designer I chose David Carson, a graphic designer, supposedly one of the worlds most influential graphic designers. He worked for a LOT of big name/brand companies during his long career (1983-present) including Microsoft, Nike, MGM Studios, Quiksilver and American Airlines. (Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carson_%28graphic_designer%29 for a list of nearly all of them).
When looking at his work I found his bold use of colour amazing. (See my example below). As for the same reason as Paul Smith - what he does works.
The main thing I like about him is his extensive use of typography and the way he experimented with it. No graphic designer would have the its to do what Carson did if Carson hadnt done it firs, its too much of a 'risky' move.
A final thing that I would use from Carsons work is the ability to do what you want without any boundaries. Sure, if you have a client, then you have to do what they want. But if your designing something then go all out.
I realise I have gone faaaar over the word limit. But ohwell! I stick to them normally :).
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