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Topic: Certifide Graphic Designer Vs Graphic Decorator
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| Brand Architect | Posted – 2/22/2008 1:09:56 PM | show profile | email poster In reply to "Topic: Another lay off" I have stated this time and time again the greatest problem we face as an industry is our failure in communicating to the business sector the tangible economic vale of grate design. http://www.cdf.org http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/en/ The cover that draws more eyeballs and compels people to pick it up will always have grater newsstand sales. Most magazines today are so homogenized in both its design and editorial voice that the average consumer sees no difference between competitors in the same category: and the consumers are rite. If the profession of Graphic Design is to survive as such we must push for certification of Graphic Designers as is the case in Ontario, Canada or with Interior Designers here in the U.S. http://www.rgdontario.com/aboutUs/faq.asp There are many differences between a Graphic Designer and a Graphic Decorator or a Desktop Publisher and we need to communicate it. The links below are articles written by others on the subject. http://www.creativelatitude.com/licensed/index.html http://www.thepreparedmind.com/pm/index.php/2005/06/25/common-myths-about-graphic-designer-certification/ |
| creatrix | Posted – 2/23/2008 12:02:15 PM | show profile I'm sorry, but I have to bee snippy... your bad spelling crushes your credibility. You are in the communications field... refine your communications. |
| Brand Architect | Posted – 2/23/2008 6:06:16 PM | show profile | email poster I thank you for your comment creatrix. As a matter of fact I suffer from Dysgraphia witch is similar to Dyslexia, yet I have never permitted this to hinder me in my career in the communication arts as a Graphic Designer, an Art Director, a Creative Director and ultimately owner of my own firm. While I typically have someone read over what I have written in my rush to reply I did not then nor now have someone do so. I do not believe it wise to judge the content of a message based on the disability of the one who presents it. |
| AWC | Posted – 2/25/2008 12:05:08 PM | show profile While I agree with B.A.'s general sentiment (sans bad spelling), I do not support certification of individual designers. Realistically, I just don't think it would work -- there is no universal, measurable skill set that defines what it is to be a graphic designer today. (Interior designers are not certified based on their taste level, but for safety purposes -- certain aspects of what they may build in the course of their job may impact a client's physical safety.) However, I do strongly support of the certification of design schools/programs. I think it would be relatively easy to come up with certain minimum, measurable standards for a quality design education -- ex. student/teacher ratio, access to equipment, classroom hours needed to graduate, etc. If schools were certified, design "consumers" could then make more informed decisions based on a designer's education, and individual designers could "sell themselves" as a graduate of a certified design program. |
| Printingman | Posted – 2/25/2008 3:57:52 PM | show profile | email poster Is that grate design as in grating on my eyeballs? |
| Brand Architect | Posted – 2/25/2008 4:26:50 PM | show profile | email poster RE:(Interior designers are not certified based on their taste level, but for safety purposes -- certain aspects of what they may build in the course of their job may impact a client's physical safety.) Certification of Graphic Designers has NOTHING TO DO WITH "TASTE LEVEL" ether and like Interior designers Graphic Designers may also create works that impact the physical safety others. Too often a Graphic Decorator or a Desktop Publisher is used instead of a qualified Graphic designer, as a result companies have faced crippling lawsuits for illegally using photos in packaging or advertising. People have been maimed and killed because they did not understand the graphical warning decals and or graphical instructions. (many individuals throughout the world are illiterate or use tools originally sold in another country.) During the 2000 presidential election when an election official designed the ballot herself, thousands of voters were disenfranchised affecting the outcome of the U.S. Presidency. By the way, the Challenger Space Shuttle explosion would not of occurred if charts displayed at the meeting the night before had been designed properly. The information on the charts demonstrated that a launch under current conditions would be disasteres. This information, however, was not presented in a clear fashion therefore no one noticed the critical information in front of them. "TASTE LEVEL" refers to style and as every Graphic Designer knows, style is only an attribute of graphic design as it is in architecture or product design, but not the hole. I disagree with the notion of schools being the answer because you can defiantly learn to to be a grate Graphic Designer without going to school as many grate Graphic Designers have demonstrated. The Examination Graphic designers take to be Certified in Ontario is composed of the following main categories. Design History, Research and Principles Communication Theory Technology Rules of Professional Conduct (see all subcategories as well as sample questions at http://www.rgdexamboard.com/downloads/exam_handbook08.pdf ) As you can see for yourself, certification is not about one design ideology being better than anther, but if you are going to practice Graphic Design as a profession, you should know what the mayor concepts in design and communication are, whether or not you personally agree with all of them. Certification of Graphic Designers demonstrates that you have at lest some basic standerd of knowledge, of both design principles and legal matters in this field. |
| AWC | Posted – 2/25/2008 5:15:15 PM | show profile An illegally used photo never fell and hit someone on the head the way an improperly installed light fixture might. Sorry B.A., but you haven't convinced me. I've been in this business for 15+ years and I have seen "communication theories" come and go, legal standards change, and technologies evolve at lightning speeds. Given that fact, there is still no absolutely measurable basis on which to certify graphic designers. I don't care what the Ontarians (?) have to say about it! And of course, there are people who don't have a design education, but are still great (or perhaps grate) designers. But if you're going do even consider any sort of professional certification, schools still seem to be the best place to start. |
| creatrix | Posted – 2/26/2008 8:37:34 PM | show profile Brand, how in the world is anyone supposed to know you suffer from a spelling-based dysfunction -- especially one so obscure? Are you just waiting for reactionary people like me to respond negatively and then jump on them for not knowing your personal history? |
| katestarrr | Posted – 3/12/2008 10:55:14 PM | show profile not that i'm supporting everything Brand says, but she didn't 'jump' on you. |
| katestarrr | Posted – 3/12/2008 10:55:41 PM | show profile or 'he', i guess. |
| ConfidentDesigner | Posted – 3/12/2008 11:00:04 PM | show profile Ridiculous! |
