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Shower Musings

Designers don’t read or write as much as they should. We communicate visually but we don’t communicate with words. I find this true with myself, which is why I resolve to write and read more about design or even other things. Thus, leads me to my journaling of my thoughts from the shower. 

As I was showering the other day, where much of my internal musings take place, I contemplated on several things. My time alone is both confusing and affirming.  Like exploring a forrest deeper and deeper one goes, so do my questions I ask result in more questions. My mind takes a wrong turn and I start to doubt. 

An idea appears and I start to see glimpses of a clearing. On a good day mind finds a river that I follow to clarity. Such is one idea that I am quite intrigued on and what to continue exploring: 

The English language, despite it’s eccentricities, is very intricate and allows for a very colorful semantics. Design is visual communication. Like language has semantics, so does design: visual semantics. (There are probably other names for this people have given this idea already but this one suits me) 

I’ve heard the phrase “Think less, do more.” I understand that the intention of that phrase is to push those who think so much that it’s debilitating and to just do what ever they need to do. But thinking less can cause undesirable consequences. I find that if I think through a problem thoroughly initially, I have less work to correct later. As in life I believe that we need a balance to everything which is why I feel that the phrase should be “Think + Do.” 

Visual Semantics: If I were to potentially make this into a poster using “Think + Do” how would I do it? My thoughts were to have the two words overlay on top of each other as to indicate they are equal. One of the words being a sans serif and the other script for the contrasting ideas. My mind can’t make up which one. Thinking implies logic thus a more ridged and calculated image. Doing has a humanistic and handmade feel. There for “Think” would be sans serif while “Do” would be script.
However, Thinking, in my mind, is a fluid process while Doing can be structure as is drawing out grids and making calculations. The sans serif and script could be reversed…further visual semantics to be explored. 

And that’s as far as my mind got. I’m still trying to decide what I will go with. If you read this far I’m flattered. I hope you got something out of it and if not I’m sorry I can’t refund your wasted time :\ This post was more for me getting my thoughts out. 

  1. lairofimpendingdoom said: I’m glad we’re on the same page. Read, think, write, think some more, do.
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