Hasty blurry and ill conceived
- Predesign
- Design
- Develop
- Implement
Skipping the predesign phase and diving straight into the design phase is like taking a hasty, blurry snapshot of a still life and then devoting weeks meticulously painting from that blurry snapshot.
…As Joe Jackson sang, “You can’t get what you want till you know what you want”
Above was a quote from the Curt Cloninger‘s book “Hot-Wiring Your Creative Process“. Below is another:
“At the end of the day, knowing grid systems, color theory, and the history of typography doesn’t necessarily make you a creative designer any more then knowing a pinch from a pint and how to operate a Cuisinart makes you a creative chef.”
Cloninger by the way, is also a lecturer of Multimedia Arts & Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Asheville
I’ll share more nuggets from his book as I progress beyond page 14. That’s what my blog is for, right? Referencing things from other people and producing nothing original?
