Is the Internet Ruining Design?

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Uploaded by on Sep 3, 2009

Milton Glaser has no problem with mediums that limit design potential—they can produce great work—but he worries that technology is removing the most powerful instrument of art from the equation: pencil and paper.

http://bigthink.com/miltonglaser

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  • "Like a prehistoric bird sleepless before an ecology that has transformed itself. "

    Ideas on how supposedly new technological innovations limit our abilities to express ourselves creatively seem to me to be missing the point, especially when combined with the nostalgic notion that somehow earlier generations have already achieved the pinnacle of some technology.

  • ...just like pen and paper removed the most powerful instrument of art before it - the chalk and stone tablet.

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  • to say all the art on the internet is the same is so close minded it hurts, computers make south park and they make avatar. also tons of artist make art in their spare time cause they enjoy it and realize they cant make a living from it. this is the first bigthink speaker i have completely disagreed with

  • @praheresey Oooo, I like that. The concept of design is abstract while the product is concrete. Nice juxtaposition.

  • Great interview. Very thought provoking.

  • So insightful!

  • there's a lot of "artists" in general i like and i think all Glaser is trying to point is that some designers miss out on the real concept of being creative and having vision versus becoming dependent on a tool period. whether it's a computer or a paint brush, you have to see it first and not with your eyes.

    ask Stevie Wonder.

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  • Great, great… I worry that there will be a lot of negative comments from those who do not understand the nature and 'business' of design. Understand where he is coming from before you dismiss his opinion - I know a creative director who was yearning for the days of old school linears because now the roughs look so final that the client makes comments like, "I thought this guy was supposed to be wearing a blue shirt…" Just one element of what I get from Glaser's comments… dang… need more

  • Notice: This video is on a very limited medium.

  • No, design is an abstract concept that does not get ruined and goes on being what I just said it is.

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