I was up for critique this week, and after all the work, thought and alterations that I've been putting into my thesis, not to mention this that and everything else that life has been throwing at me, I'm completely exhausted. I am at that point where I was listening and open to what was said throughout the crit, but I am confident and dedicated to what I want to do for the show, all that needs to be worked out now is some details in my book content and my means of installation.
I felt this time around that the over-all opinion was that I was not going in a direction that is
'expected' of a graphic design major. Some suggestion consisted of my changing my means of presentation all together by use of technology such as a computer, projections, websites, etc. The thing is that none of that, in my heartfelt belief, really helps me in what I am trying to do. I think an important element of being a designer, or in the words of Raphael Ortiz 'an artist who is now practicing in the field of graphic design,' is to remember that you shouldn't be married to a tool such as the computer. As a designer it is my goal to convey information, but I want to do it in the same passionate and heart felt way just as designers like Stefan Sagmeister. To do that I have asked a question to people who were reliable and available to me, because I had to invest and element of emotion and trust in knowing that my participants would take the time and really dissect their Selves in order to try and translate that into hand written words. Handwriting is something that is raw, emotional, eye-opening, and a unique extension of one's Self that is the most captivating and stimulating element of what I am trying to do, it is the most meaningful part and I feel adds that heart into my design, something that a typeface would not be able to do as well.
I was given a very good suggestion of how I should install my posters (even though there was doubt of whether I should do them...) so I'm looking into heavy duty mounting magnets to hang them.
This critique was completely different from any of the others I've had in thesis or in my design class. As I had mentioned, I am feeling very fatigued with the whole process and just want to do what I want to do, and personally feel that I was much more confident and happy with the feedback and support I'm receiving in my design critiques (I suppose that is to be expected). I also am pleased because it seems that my idea is translating very well in the way I am going about it, and that the only debate was in the way I am presenting the information, which I will stick with and improve on until it is time to install.
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