But who are we — am I — trying to be original for? Myself, a client, a boss, a professor, Instagram, my mom, nobody at all? I think that it’s time to really think about who we’re creating for, so that we can strategize who deserves our originality, who deserves our efficiency, who deserves both, and who deserves neither. If there’s one thing I’m

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Snaptrude, Qonic, Arkio, Arcol, and a few others, are all fairly recent entries of Modeling/Design Platforms. THey all have different pros/cons, but so far (this is solely my opinion) what i see/hear is grandiose visions for the future, that then eventually turns in to "well for now we are focusing on the front end design of a project, while we... See more

One of Kim’s core points throughout the book is that aesthetic value doesn’t track forward with technology, but backwards. As tools become cheaper, faster, and more widely accessible, the images they produce tend to lose cultural weight. What gains value are the qualities those tools no longer reproduce.