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About designers
One of the
best things about design is the range of things you can do.
Every single thing you look at has most likely been designed
from the computer you're using right now to the layout of your
school.
A few types
of design:
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Visual
(sometimes known as graphic design) - using type, symbols,
illustration and colour to communicate a concept or message
visually, seen in signage, magazines, posters and more.
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Product
- this encompasses many types of product from furniture to
electronic or mechanical products. A product designer might
be concerned with improving existing products or creating
entirely new ones.
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Eco - A
Eco Designer designs products that take account of
environmental concerns or sustainability with the aim of
improving existing products or resolving certain
environmental concerns.
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Architecture - An architect is a type of very specialised
designer. This includes the art and science of designing
building and other large structures but also the design of
an urban and other built landscapes.
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Service
- This is a relatively new concept concerned with the design
of services as a product such as digital television,
transport or even shopping.
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Web -
Another relatively new type of designer who designs websites
and web services.
Many
designers today, however, are multidisciplinary - they
work on several different types of design instead of just one or
even make up a whole new design discipline!
Click on
the following links to take you to some interesting designers
websites:
Loop
- "A multi-disciplinary creative collaboration who create and
develop new surfaces & structures, conduct an extensive range of
research activities and collaborate with industry. "
Droog
- "Droog is a brand and a mentality: design of products that do
what they should and think about why they’re doing it in the
first place."
Ispeaktoyou
- Multidisciplinary graphic
design "Our
goal is to unravel information that is placed within society and
not explained or poorly quantified."
Hannah White
- A textiles designer "inspired by a love of surface texture,
colour and the architectural qualities that can be produced by
woven textile structures."
Flour
- A multidisciplinary design company, "...a way of thinking.
More something that is living, breathing and passionate... It's
about creating and enabling new experiences, emotions, intimacy
and relationships with the things around us."
Big Heart Media
- "...specialises in creating television, websites, games and
other multimedia for young people."
There will
be more links to designers coming. Please email if you're
interested in anything specific or have any links of your own! |
