Today was my first lecture of the second trimester and my first lecture as a note taker for the class, something I have been meaning to do since I started at University but never had the confidence to stick my hand up to do. After morning classes it was good to sit down and write and lose myself in my own notes a little bit. I like to get creative with colour, shape and font when making notes.
The course has been constructed so that by the end of it we have written our own design manifesto. A lot of the lecture was about what a designer is and why people design.
We talked a lot about what kind of designer each of us will be. Currently I’m not entirely sure what form my manifesto will take but I do know that using natural and local resources will likely be a part of it.
We were asked to visit http://www.goodfuckingdesignadvice.com/ (which the uni has blocked, defining it as adult content) and take a pledge, mine is below.
I, Jayden Hamilton, hereby swear to abandon all fear; to question everything; to trust in myself; to honor those before me as I excel, and to support those who follow as they ascend. I swear that I will never accept another’s standard for success, as I set mine one measure higher. When I am finished, no one will ever fucking look at their environmental resources the same way again.
Lastly, we were told that the tutors and lecturer care a lot, so...
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