Comments on: Design won’t save the world

By: Jopenus

Jopenus — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:08:12 +0000

+ No, DESIGN, won’t save the world. In fact, nothing will. But Could help.
DESIGN = It’s a way of beeing.
Creating a Design work/product, it envolves a inumerous areas of knowledgment. Some of them are not allowed to the “comun” people, just because a normal person won’t achieve the true message.
Ex.: Coca-Cola comercials….. they are sellling beauty; youngness; hapiness; energy… IF YOU drink it. YOU COULD BE LIKE THEM.

Do you think that what you see, it’s what YOU SEE??

By: Steven

Steven — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 09:24:08 +0000

Ok. So what if we say “design won’t change the world”. What good is that going to do? We could also say, the United States of America will never achieve true democracy, so just let the politicians screw up our country. By saying things like these, we are only further procrastinating issues that need to be fixed. We are settling for less than what could be achieved. Sure, some design may not change society, but that is not to say that it cannot do so.
I agree with bart in that design is about the message. By purposeful things, no matter how small they may be, we are part of the change of global ideology that we want to see. By putting each other down, and calling each other worthless isn’t doing anything. Come on people.

By: dutch designer

dutch designer — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:04:33 +0000

i see a lot of american short term thinkers…
there´s no way design is going to save the world as long as we design a lot of crap we don´t need or use. if you realy want to help this planet…design a human 2.0

stop consuming and think different about everithing that made us arteficial….(governments, education, re-necletical energy sources)

believe nothing…think about it!

By: Bart Driessen

Bart Driessen — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:35:24 +0000

Design is about change. Design helps you to understand a message in a paper, in a magazine or on a website. Design influences what you buy and what not. Design influences what you think and what not.

But design is not a goal on itself. It’s about the message.

As a designer you can change the world by choosing which clients you work for and which message you help sending. Or ofcourse by making your own message.

By: Filosofia do dia « Sustentabilismo

Filosofia do dia « Sustentabilismo — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:47:25 +0000

[...] Saiu daqui. [...]

By: kharnvel

kharnvel — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:01:37 +0000

Design will save the world. Unfortunately fashion industry won’t. Industrial, medical, scientific design will indeed save the world. Fashion design makes you a pretentious faggot everbody hates.

By: Zumba

Zumba — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:17:44 +0000

None of you retards even know what your talking about. For instance without design, there would be no computers and defiantly no internet. There would also be no furniture or artwork, without that you might as well just be suits walking around. A designer is a person who takes a current situation and progresses it into a preferred one.

From a 3rd year studying designer

By: Milica

Milica — Fri, 28 May 2010 05:35:12 +0000

To Mirko!

By: Rhynn

Rhynn — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:55:52 +0000

I personnally agree with the poster of this message.
Though designers(especially architects) can and do create things that are useful to the planet and to people in general (especially with that trend of renewable energies and ecology), they often clearly have a tendancy to feel more important and better than anyone else. Especially graphic designers.

So I find the first image (which is proudly my desktop wallpaper) pretty awesome.
It’s especially funny since it was made itself by a graphic designer, but one with a good sense humour and self-derision.

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 02 May 2010 13:54:04 +0000

Design makes people happy?
Are we in the western world happier than the people in Africa? No.
So what has design brought us? Nothing but greed
Should we bring all our “helping” designs to less developed countries, I dont think so because design will not save the world.