in my designer mode

(not fashion-related)

I have a creative journal due exactly at this time tomorrow. Which means I have 24 hours to submission. Now, in this time I have to do close to almost 40 good entries on my creativity (and I really lost count, but it should be less than 40). The journal is really just supporting evidence and documentation that all designers and / or artists usually have to submit with along with their work. Something like a book on what inspires you, something like your idea creation on how the final product came to be. All designers who attend design school go through this, and they know this component is equally important as the finished product itself. You can add in whatever things you want... you can do it in whatever way you want but it just has to reflect your design. Basically, most designers take this quite seriously.

Sometime during the week, I went down to the library and I discovered Wallpaper* magazine. The magazine is great. There was an article on Dieter Rams, a German industrial designer regarded as one of the most influential industrial designers in the 20th century. Prior to that, I had never heard of him before.

To cut the story short, I was inspired! There was a lovely story in Wallpaper* that featured his tenets of design and how he applied them in his objects. They can be applied to any relative of design. You can see them here.

Note: The writer is a student of Mass Communication (and not in design school, if you were wondering) and is required to do design modules in her first and second year of study. She has no real intention of becoming a designer in the future, but she can appreciate good design.