Copying is the way design works
updated 3mo ago
Copying is the way design works
Lessons:
1. Imitate
Copywork is a great way to build the design muscles.
2. Remix
Start tweaking and fuse you'r imagination into it.3. Invent
The “adjacent possible” is drawing connections from seeminlgy unrelated concepts/things and placing them together.
Dan gives the best breakdown of any designers process, that actually reveals the little nuances the nitty gritty parts of the process .Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Austin Kleon)
by Austin Kleon
3 highlights
- Graphic design, the discipline of aesthetic production, is facing a crisis as it reconciles with catastrophic effects of network technology on its profitability. Even prolific designers who produce work with a characteristic original aesthetic are quickly copied. As their work is pillaged and reproduced downstream (leftstream), it becomes increasin... See more
from Report: The Diminishing Marginal Value of Aesthetics by Toby Shorin
Lillian Sheng and added
