Are you Designer?


ARE YOU DESIGNER?

Before start the class, Dr. Tan reminds us about learning journal - Blog. He said blog is the way to remember and revise the lesson that have learned.  Dr. Tan said, human memory is limited. It will last for 3-4 hours only. After that moment/ period, human will lost half of the memory of what have learned.



Dr. Tan said, he went to the talk by the Cambridge Vice-Chancellor, Sir Leszek Krzysztof Borysiewicz. The title of the talk is :

UNIVERSITIES & THEIR ROLE IN AN ERA OF GLOBAL CHALLENGE



During the talk, Sir Leszek said the voice of expert now is not the main source of knowledge. Based on the research done in UK, people in UK trust:

1. Family and friends
2. Social media
3. Knowledge expert


Back to the class, Dr. Tan said designer world class should know the global design issues. By knowing the issues, designer will doing world class design.

Dr. Tan said, before design school invent, design and art was tough by expert in in certain skill field. After 1st world war, first school of art is invented and open to public. Bauhaus art school is 1st school that teach design in systematic way. This is the beginning of how design is teach in better ways.


- Staatliches Bauhaus, commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicize and taught. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus

- The Bauhaus was the most influential modernist art school of the 20th century, one whose approach to teaching, and understanding art's relationship to society and technology, had a major impact both in Europe and the United States long after it closed. It was shaped by the 19th and early 20th centuries trends such as Arts and Crafts movement, which had sought to level the distinction between fine and applied arts, and to reunite creativity and manufacturing. http://www.theartstory.org/movement-bauhaus.htm




Bauhaus Syllabus


 Dr. Tan said, bangunan Tadahan Utara, Tadahan Selatan & Muzium UPSI are gazetted as Warisan Nasional.The building cannot be demolished or over renovate. It will damage the originality of the building. Furthermore, it will need high cost because it will use expert person. 

Tadahan Utara

Muzium Pendidikan Nasional UPSI

Tadahan Selatan



Before end the lessons, Dr. Tan affirm that
DESIGN IS DYNAMIC. IT WILL CHANGE EVERYDAY & EVERY TIME

Let's take a look to the video that reveal what is graphic design...


What is Graphic Design?

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