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Creative advice for the creative community ! 24/06/2007 06:23 The essence of the DAW book was to shed some light into the design world after college or university. It is my perspective up to date which has proven to be useful to many people from around the world. Some inspiring emails have been sent in telling me about the beeoks benefit to their thoughts and approach on what they're doing. It's good to get such feedback, I am designer like yourself, looking for the answers that had no foundation in education but instead have come from the last 10 years in the front line. This website is an attempt to capture the simple essence of the book, it does not really do it yet. The learning curve has been a steep one and a great reminder of how much need there is for a platform where creative can easily meet and network with each other. The last year and a half have not been in vain, this site has taught a great deal about so many things and has enabled us to create a spin-off product that is currently in development. I've always been open to the people I meet and those around me that the creative community would be in a much better position all round if it became smarter at doing business. Some people may not like that idea but I always come back to this, almost without exception, every creative I have met has at the core of their beliefs the fundamental desire to enact something positive into their environment around them. Based on this, I would rather see cities that are more easily influenced by creativity at the very least. There are millions of creative people in the world, how do we influence it, how could we influence it? Designers are wankers was born from frustration at the status quo, things need to change. The education of design fails in so many areas but succeeds in others, unfortunately the success is far too small for far too few people. If design education was held accountable for the success of its graduates I wonder what the outcome would be? The more we learn about the business surrounding the creative industries the more we are able to educate them in how to relate to the creative industries. There is a new slimlined, refined and simple version of this site coming. I need help, I can give help - there is an exchange, there is value - made simple there is benefit for many who need it and deserve it. Designers are wankers will re-present PLEBS VILLE, we're going to do away with the Guru - Pleb divide and build a platform where we can all be gurus and all be plebs. This is one thing that we've learnt in the last 9 months of being live. Any idea for what you want are welcome, you can leave them here or email me direct. Be the first to comment on this blog entry. Add Comment You have to be logged in to comment on blogs. |
