spot on krossfyter
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to mac15
I use to teach new media and design to people that might not have had any experience at all with either subject..... The best way I found, was to introduce the possibilities of design and technology, show them the variety of work that is out there, and make them aware that there is no right or wrong way of doing design!! (although some traditionilsts will argue that you need to have a throrough knowledge of Johan Gutenberg all the way through to modern day design techniques before you can even consider yourself a designer!
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But the most important skill of all, and this is one that cannot be taught.... is to use and trust your intuition........
If you want to get into design, or even just do your own design work then the obvious way is to do a design course, to gain an understanding of typography, layouts and semantics......... etc..... but then again.... who says you should have to go to college and study design...... I've never seen the rule book that says "you must!!"
One of the most influential designers of the last 20 maybe 30 years admits to having very little in the way of formal design education, and his work is very influential....... check him out, his name is David Carson......
www.davidcarson.net
I suppose a good way of starting is to set yourself a Creative Brief.... this may be;
Design a 2x page magazine spread, that reviews your favourite band, sports star, actor etc........ Take the existing copy from a magazine spread of the said person so you don't have to worry about content. Then give consideration to the style of the magazine..... in other words... how would you like it to look?? if it's for a industrial band like NIN, try and take the music as a starting point and try to convert it into visuals imagine how the music would look if it was a visual????
NINs music is f**ked up, angular, angry..... make the design represent this... down and dirty..... or if its for a NASCAR driver, how could you convey this person through the design...? Speed, lack of fear, precision, clarity etc, the design might represent the madness of the driver, or the layout might be clean, structured and uncluttered because thats the state of mind of the driver whilst racing, or that his driving is very precise and smooth.......
By taking the subject matter and content as inspiration, the design should then flow from there, it should be an extension of written language and visual content.......
Although remember there are no rules..... so you might decide to take it on another tangent!!
CD sleeves are also a good place to start....... I have alot of CD's where the music is really good, but the sleeve doesn't represent the content and vice-versa..... Take the music as a starting point and imagine the sound as visuals.... and take it from there...... You may wish to look at designers such as Peter Saville, Malcolm Garrett, or Vaughan Oliver, all are famous for their music sleeve design, look at how the design works with the music..... believe me, you know when you've nailed it......
Enjoy Designing......
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