Saturday, 29 April 2017

WEEK 8

12/4/2017

The value of designers
  •  the meaning of designers
  •  the role and responsibilities of designers
  •  the manifestation of designers' value
  •  the criteria and quality of professional designers

1. the meaning of designers

Professionals who
  •  aim to achieve a clear outcome or function
  •  execute procedural creative thinking
  •  apply field-specific knowledge and skills
  •  express the creative thinking effectively
  •  realize the thought to certain extent
  •  creative and innovative
2. the role and responsibilities
  •  field-oriented
  •  not limited to creating additional values upon the design target (eg: product designer must create products that meet the market's specifications
  •  design process is about thinking and coordinating consumers' needs, social environment, current trend, ethical considerations, etc
  • invisible yet voluminous values were created in the process-hence the value of designers
3. the manifestation of designers' value
  •  the social values of designers
  •  both direct and indirect values could be generalised as the evaluation human being made towards their own consumer needs
  • while facing various needs of consumers, designers should direct appropriate rationalisation for consumers (eg: guide the choice and taste of consumers
  • this would form a positive demand and production cycle

Criteria and quality of designers (how to be a professional designer)
  •  have comprehensive knowledge of design fundamentals and theories (formal education, self study)
  •  have professional skills in basic technologies (multiple thinking skills, mastery of basic and advanced software, professional training)
  •  have sensitive observation and mastery of details (be serious when you intend to observe, attention to details in critical moments)
  •  have good collaborative and communication skills (mastery of design language, good english language skills, good body language)
  •  have strong sense of responsibility and team work (sharp on time, be a team player)
  •  accumulate social experience while keeping abreast of trends (gain experience, imaginative ideas, more thoughtful)
  •  concern about individual virtue development (reading, watching movies, reflect positive character in design)
  •  enhance creative and ideation abilities continuosly (creative and ideation abilities are learnable, combining creative, scientific and pragmatic elements in design, be sensitive when putting on designer's perspective)
  • present personality in value creation (integrating your identity with your design knowledge and skills)
REFLEXION TIME

Who are designers?
- the one who created design to make our life easier

What are the roles and responsibilities of designers?
- creating design based on the consumer needs, social environment, current trend and ethical consideration

How do you want to be a professional designer?
- how i want to be a professional designers is with creating new design that never been created before 

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