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April 23, 2004
Authorship 3
3. the responsible designer
a. "The designer, as initiator or working partner, shares responsibility with the writer for the production of meaning..." (p127) Does the ìdesigner as authorî idea allow designers to reconsider their own practice and take on a more responsible role (and therefore more responsibility) for their production of media? Rather than the service industry that does what it's told, might graphic design become more responsible for it's outcomes.
b. Is "designer as author" a response to designers having "something to say" being creative yet not having a medium in which to say it, is the self-initiated design project art or design? In creating self-initiated projects and writing the text is it possible for designers to actually damage meaning. (two instances; a T-shirt show, and a series of posters about September 11. Both acted as though they might be social commectary or art but were actually demonstrations by designers of their work and style of work - is this art or can it confuse what art is?
Posted by Neal Haslem at April 23, 2004 03:46 PM