Having a husband that teaches Design there were lots of important aspects.  However i truely understood the impact of Theatre in design.   Of course students design in drama/theatre.  They create and use their skills to develop something "new" - their own version of something.  It is not only people skills and communication that the arts facilitates but also the whole design process.  Students can be involved in all aspects - costume, stage, make up, set design.   My sister is the classic example of this.  She completed a Theatre degree and is now in New York working as a Event designer.  She can see the overall picture and see how it all comes together - much like a theatre production.

Some interesting points about Design -
P69- John Heskett – “{D}esign, stripped to its essence, can be defined as the human nature to shape and make our environment in ways without precedent in nature, to serve our needs and give meaning to our lives”  John Heskett, Toothpicks and Logos – design in Everyday life, Oxford university Press, 2002

Design has consequences – health care; learning; environmental benefits; Al Gore/GW Bush election;
Design – the differences of selling an item.

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This a new book that I am reading - I think it has lots of interesting points
  Pink, Daniel, H A Whole New Mind, New York, RiverHead Books -Penguin Group 2005. Print ISBN – 1 – 57322-308-5

P1 – The future belongs to very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind – creators and empathizers, pattern recognizers and meaning makers.  These people – artists, inventors, designers, storytellers, caregivers, consolers, big pictures thinkers – will now reap society’s richest rewards and share its greatest joy.

P17

1.    The left hemisphere controls the right side of the body; the right hemisphere controls the left side of the body

2.     L H is sequential; R H is simultaneous

3.     LH specializes in text; the R H specializes in context – RH is responsible for understanding metaphors

4.      L H analyses the details; R H synthesizes the big picture

P28 Abundance, Asia and Automation

P 51 three questions – 1. Can someone overseas do it cheaper? 2. Can a computer do it faster?  3 is what I am offering in demand in an age of abundance?

 P 55 more Americans today work in arts, entertainment and design than work as lawyers, accountants and auditors – “2002 National Cross Industry Estimates of employment and Mean Annual Wage for SOC Major Occupational groups” Occupational Employment Statistics Program, Bureau of labor Statistics – www.bls.gov/oes/home.htm

  P 61 aptitudes “the six senses”. Design. Story. Symphony. Empathy. Play. Meaning.

  P65

1.     Not just function but also Design – must be beautiful or emotionally engaging

2.     Not just argument – story – p 66 the essence of persuasion, communication and self understanding

3.     Focus – symphony – seeing the big picture, crossing boundaries

4.     Logic – empathy – to understand what makes their fellows tick, forge relationships and to care for others

5.     Play – need to play – best bosses have humour

6.     Meaning

 




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