In advertising and print work, art directors (often teamed up with a copywriter) come up with “concepts,” the creative ideas which communicate with us on a gut level through such devices as theme, metaphor, and symbolism. Some art directors do little more than dream up these ideas and present them to clients, while some oversee almost all aspects of the design and production process. Surprisingly, art direction is seldom taught in schools and there is very little formal information on the subject; it is often learned in practice.
Read More11 things you shouldn't do as a creative
i was flipping through CP+B's employee handbook, and noticed that on page 5, they have a list of things they'd like you not to do: WE ASK THAT YOU DON’T: Throw sand.... Play the busy card.... Make promises you don't keep.
Read Moreself-induced feature creep, portraits, and whores
it's something that should be simple: paint some stained 2x4s that the client supplied, to make a sign for the Bell, the whorehouse at the southern california renaissance pleasure faire (RPFS), with the words: "Bell Expansion courtesy of the Earl of Southampton / your tax coin at work!"... but because i know i'm not good at this type of work, i try to think of how i can use my other skills to make this sign look cool, as a few thousand people will see it once it's up; maybe even tens of thousands.... after getting the obvious visual puns out of the way (the letters 'o', 'p', 'and 'x' all had some very entertaining modifications to them), i settle on making the B from a whore standing; her left arm curves to her hip and forms the top loop of the B; her skirt, which she's pulling up, forms the larger bottom ellipse of the B.
Read Moreif microsoft designed the iPod
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXnJraKM3k you'd think that apple diehards would've been the ones behind this.... this is a great example of design by committee. this, dear reader, is what i have to contend with every day.
Read Moreso you want to be a designer?
candidate #3 for the designer position here at Saltmine U, was not just late for their interview -- they never showed.... by the time i got a call from my boss to tell me she'd be late for her part of the interview day, i had pretty much given up on this candidate.... the very last candidate's scheduled for late next week, so i'm looking forward to wrapping up this glacial recruiting phase, in which every word i commit to paper or electrons when communicating with candidates is screened and filtered.
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