Thinking about Abstraction: The Art of Design

Alice thinks that art should include many fields, and each art field has outstanding artists. The documentary "Abstraction: Art Design" records the work and daily life of artists from different fields and countries.

1, illustrator

The first episode recorded the illustrator Christoph Neimann. He drew the cover of The New Yorker.

Chuck Cross said, "Inspiration is for amateurs. We professionals just go to work in the morning." I like this sentence because it relieves a lot of stress. It's not that it takes hours to wait for an epiphany. You just have to show up and start doing it, and then something amazing will happen or not. What matters is that you create opportunities. To do this, you must sit at your desk. You have to draw, do things and make decisions, hoping for the best results.

In the past, I always thought that designers were doing a different job: they were people looking for inspiration, but Christoph Neimann told me that this was completely wrong. Design is no different from other jobs. They work from 9 am to 6 pm. They sat at their desks and started their day's work. They practice like musicians and athletes every day. No job is easy, we all need to practice every day.

2. shoe designer

"The purpose of design is not to express oneself, but to solve problems."

Tinker hatfield is an athlete. He thinks that the design of athletes' shoes is poor, so Nike believes in functional design from the beginning of solving the problem.

Functional design is intuitively suitable for business, because solving problems is largely to meet the demand, thus stimulating sales, occupying the market, and finally making Nike successful. Nike's success now is largely due to their design concept:

"Design is to solve problems."

From this perspective, hatfield is more like an entrepreneur than a designer.

Nike is already the winner of the current footwear market, but what about the future? They are exploring the integration of electronic products and shoes. Hatfield's idea left a deep impression on me, and I think it will make Nike flourish in the future:

3. Stage designer

"What I create is not just things, but the time people spend with those things. So it is actually creating the time that the audience feels. It's not what you think. What I want to say is that if you want to put my things in the exhibition hall, they will lose their original design value. Only time can make them play their due role and reflect light and images in different ways. There are different people who say different lines and have different sound effects. " These words touched me deeply. Design is really not superficial, but lies in its intrinsic value, and lies in the influence and feeling it brings to the viewer.

4. architects

Abstract architecture: gathering and breaking rules

Architecture should be a way to make your dreams come true, just like a shaman made of bricks and mud. That is our real strength, that is, we have great influence on the environment. Now that we have this power, we can use it to create a nightmare, and we can also use it to realize our dreams. Of course, the latter is much more interesting.

Bjarke Ingels architecture unifies function, fantasy and sustainability in a "pragmatic utopia" design, just like a clean power plant with a ski resort at the top.

"You don't have to choose between building a parking lot and building an apartment building. You don't have to choose between a house with a garden and a house with a top floor. You can have both. Once you put these seemingly mutually exclusive concepts together, you will get a new mixture, which will eventually look different in some ways because of its different performance. "

One idea of Bjarke Ingels is to combine different concepts.

Design may be a combination of innovation. It's not conventional. You have to follow the previous things, and you can take care of it.

5. Car designer

""Design is to predict future demand "

"You are designing a car to be released in the next five years, and then you have to consider that the car will survive in the market for three to six years. When you create these cars, you must consider the 9-year time window. " This is daunting. This makes me think that design should be linked back and forth. Only with this ability can design last longer.

6. Art designer

"Style has a soul, not necessarily something simple and mechanized, just enough, but something bold. The existence of design transcends the screen and even has an impact on reality. "

7. photographer

"Design is to tell stories, and design is for the purpose.

Praden: "I'm not a real photographer at all. A camera is just a tool. Communication, simplicity, the shape of the page. What matters is stories, information and feelings. "

"People like to name jobs according to the tools they use. For example, a photographer is a person who uses a camera to take pictures and get graphics. But when we recall those great photos, we remember the stories, not the photos themselves. If we look at photos from a design point of view, it is like functional design. "

"Before shooting, I don't think,' How can I take a good photo? But "what can I learn from this person?" "Every time. The human situation is so complicated. For example: What is a good leader? How important is compassion? How to deal with failure? Questions that we all want to know. Including myself. "

8. Interior Designer

"Some people think that interior design is a kind of appearance, but I have different views on it. We spend 87% of our life in buildings, and their design has a great influence on our feelings and behaviors. Design is not limited to vision, it is a thinking process and a skill. In the final analysis, design is a tool to sublimate human nature and a structure of life. "

Summary: This documentary can be said to have opened my eyes. Illustrators, shoe designers, stage designers, architects, car designers, graphic designers, photographers and interior designers are all mentioned throughout the documentary. I have met designers who pursue innovation and Excellence in various artistic fields. I think we should also calm down and practice repeatedly in the design. Dig deep into the concept of design itself instead of blindly pursuing economic benefits. Break the conventional thinking and feel the art with your heart.

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