It was great today seeing everyone's designs today. I think it's really interesting that four people can be designing for the same general concept and come up with visual voices and attitudes that are so distinct. It was also comforting to see that I wasn't the only one struggling with creating a protoype based on very limited feature and department ideas. But I guess that's good in a way...I liked having some creative freedom to play around with the magazine's content and voice. I may be a designer but there's definitely an opinionated editor side to me, too.
Something that I thought was difficult today though, was attempting to be a "hard-ass" when critiquing. I'm definitely opinionated when it comes to magazine design. There are things I like and things I strongly dislike. But this field is sooooooo subjective. Something I might think is hideous, someone else might think is brilliant...and there were times that I saw that today. It's just so difficult to be critical when a big part comes down to taste. But at the same time, I'm really excited to get my designs critiqued...I like when people are nice and give flowery comments, but in the end that doesn't really make me a better designer. I can't wait to see everyone else's designs on Thursday, too
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