It's always interesting me to go to lectures on stuff that is interesting but yet, I know so little about. Sometimes I look through magazines or online web sites and see all these crazy pictures of nothing but say a rock or a huge room. And it looks so good. I can't ever comprehend how someone could have the expertise or the skill to make something as simple as a wine bottle look so good.
Vignelli definitely showcased his talent at the lecture tonight. Most of the stuff he showed off was really simple stuff that he made special. I think it is obvious that he sees design in almost everything. I almost feel bad for the man. The guy probably walks around all day critiquing and examining statues, buildings, homes. One of the designs he showed us was a pyramid with a weird, metal line snaking through it. He could even make that look good. Another picture had just a table with nothing around it. I couldn't figure out what made that look so good, but I guess anything can really be design if certain people look at it like that.
I've always enjoyed looking at really well-designed buildings and logos and Vignelli definitely has done his fair share in that regard. Most of the presentation, I couldn't understand exactly what he was saying, but the pictures were all I needed to see. The elegance in many of those buildings that he showed was crazy. I feel like having the type of feel that he does for design is something that only comes around once in a while.
What did I take away from the lecture? Probably that I will never understand people like that. Design of that caliber is too much for me. But, it was interesting to hear and see his takes. To him, it is all second nature and almost lucky. He was really non-chalant about his techniques and how he came up with his ideas.
He takes a minimalist approach and makes it look good because he knows how to use white space and knows the power the smallest object or shape can have if put in the right light. What I got from the lecture is it is isn't what you put into a design. It is how the spacing and emphasis shape what you are trying to say. The object or logo has to be incorporated with simplicity so that it stands out.
-Sean S.
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I see what you mean about wondering why simple things can be so attractive to the eye. I think the reason that we can find a well done picture of something as simple as a rock so attractive is that, well, it's simple. Because it's simple, we can easily determine what it is and appreciate the attractiveness of what we're looking at because it's so isolated. It's a lot easier to comprehend something and appreciate it if it's all by itself and there aren't a lot of other things around to cloud your perception of what you're looking at. It's all about that overused phrase: less is more.
ReplyDeleteI have wondered that same thing man. How can something so simple be the work of someone so talented. I couldn't really understand him either but when he laughed at his own jokes I couldn't help but chuckle too.
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