InformationJunkyard » designers http://informationjunkyard.com Re-Defining Randomness Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:32:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Morning coffee and that feeling of insignificance http://informationjunkyard.com/morning-coffee-and-that-feeling-of-insignificance http://informationjunkyard.com/morning-coffee-and-that-feeling-of-insignificance#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:21:28 +0000 bradleykal http://informationjunkyard.com/?p=34 So a longstanding Friday morning habit of mine has been to spend the first hour or so catching up on my design rags and blogs. This inevitably leads me on the wild goose-chase from site to site; destructively loaded on caffeine and bumping aimlessly through the pretty pictures of a dozen sites or so. At the end of which, I’m feeling a little mentally numb and begin feeling that everything I’m doing with my design career is equivalent to running in place at the retard farm. It’s a frustration that use to drive me nuts after architecture school, but as the years have past, I’ve become more comfortable with doing little and looking at the great work of others. And then you bump into a truly bad-ass site with people doing good work. Hell, they had me sold at the studio name, “We should do it all”. No shit, that should be MY name. I want to do it all too!

Then again, they probably didn’t just spend the first two hours of their morning wearing off a tequila hangover by surfing. anyhow, nice site, some great work, and maybe the envy will motivate me to do something other than sit here: http://www.wsdia.com/

UPDATE: Now I know why they hit so far into my creative gut – they’re architects gone designers! nice little interview with them at Archinet: 

Architecture school is the highest test for anyone who wants to be a designer/creator. It’s an incredible test of your love for this profession, and you don’t love it…architecture school will definitely weed you out. The most appreciated skill I gained from Kent’s program was being able to communicate my ideas about concepts and ideas through heavy critique. This tool is vital for our studio in expressing our designs to our clients. Being able to critique your own and other’s work, and being able to take criticism, is something I am proud of.

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