Blog # 6

• In an interconnected world, what are the limitations of design when cultural, political, economic biological and environmental systems are increasingly open?

According to Graphic Design and the Next Big Thing, the limitations of design are in the communication of the meaning. He says “designers are visual types who have a
tendency to either obsessively reduce or overly complicate the ideas of their clients,
often without much concern for what is actually communicated.” In other words Designers become so wrapped up in the design in loose the meaning that they where striving for to begin with. In the world we live in, the people are so bombarded with design and image that the meaning of image can be lost.

• Does new media present the “new” direction for design? Describe how new media does or does not present “new “ directions in design and provide an examples (links or screen grabs) to support your assertion.
The world of design has been flipped over. New media creates new ways to experience design. In the past couple of years the world has connected through the internet. Design become more toward new media. The reading explain his distaste for the limitations of the internet But I think sites can only become more innovative and interactive. Site like youtube and facebook have create a new way to present media to the world. Although I can see what Rudy VanderLans is say, One problem is that it has limited graphic possibilities. The coarse resolution of the computer screen, the inability to fix layouts and typefaces, and the overpowering presence of the browser's interface all restrict the designer's ability to impart a specific visual character to a Web site.” Most site can only be contain the grid structure that limits the imitation. The Cheetos website push the envelope int ways of design. It create a new experience with its product that the fun and interactive. http://cheetos.com/

• Is it time for designers to reintegrate disparate fields in order to consider new directions in design? Give examples (with links or screen grabs) of some new ways that design might be considered. These do not have to be existing ways, just ways that might yield some new and interesting results.
I think that designers have started to be reintegrating into the new direction of design. Design is exploring it potential for bigger and better thing in the world. The world is becoming more and more digital and thus so does design.

• What is the next “big thing in design”? Why do you think so and based on what criteria?

I think that next Big Thing in Design is web design. The design possibilities of web are boundless. The internet creates a place that can innovate as well as inspire new thought. The design can influence people to create more interesting ideas. As was stated before the in the reading the structure of website have been stagnant and dull. The more creative a website is the more response from the user. In the eassy is stated by Paul Roberts that "The irony of the information revolution is that consumers neither like nor expect long texts on their computer screens" suggests a radical shift in people's reading habits. In true I hat website the make me read so much crap that I end hating the site and never returning to it. Although design site are supposed to be cool looking they are some of the more cutting edge in terms of future of web. http://www.stardust.tv/ http://www.psyop.tv/ http://www.shilo.tv/#/work/guinness/