[ Needleleaf Designer, Broadleaf Designer ]
15 July 2023
How sharp should the message of an artist's work be? Culture criticism has been the principle of the Academy I graduated from. Due to such a way of education, the alumni’s works are usually political and judgemental. However, I am not a warlike person. Rather, I’m a person with strong entertainer characteristics. Of course, after entering the academy, my perspective and the attitude toward my work changed a lot. When I was a bachelor student learning crafts, I was more focusing on the unique sense of aesthetics related to daily life.
However, when I was in a master course studying ‘design’, which has much more expanded meaning than what it refers to in Korea, I was teached to have a critical perspective. I have somehow managed to adapt to the new attitude, but I still have difficulty figuring out how much of sharpness I should present within design as cultural criticism. Is it because I was born a person who doesn't like to fight and isn't good at saying sharp words?
My works don’t have a sharp edge. Both visually and content-wise. For me, a designer who is clear about what the person wants to point out and has a clear stance of critics feels like a coniferous tree. On the other hand, I tend to work like broadleaf trees that cover rather than stab, and round rather than sharpen. I stimulate the imagination rather than emphasize things, and hums rather than raps. What kind of tree do I want to, or should be? To compare it to biodiversity, both broad-leaved trees and coniferous trees are necessary and must be in harmony. Does my watery attitude really contribute to design diversity, or is it going to die out?
15 July 2023
How sharp should the message of an artist's work be? Culture criticism has been the principle of the Academy I graduated from. Due to such a way of education, the alumni’s works are usually political and judgemental. However, I am not a warlike person. Rather, I’m a person with strong entertainer characteristics. Of course, after entering the academy, my perspective and the attitude toward my work changed a lot. When I was a bachelor student learning crafts, I was more focusing on the unique sense of aesthetics related to daily life.
However, when I was in a master course studying ‘design’, which has much more expanded meaning than what it refers to in Korea, I was teached to have a critical perspective. I have somehow managed to adapt to the new attitude, but I still have difficulty figuring out how much of sharpness I should present within design as cultural criticism. Is it because I was born a person who doesn't like to fight and isn't good at saying sharp words?
My works don’t have a sharp edge. Both visually and content-wise. For me, a designer who is clear about what the person wants to point out and has a clear stance of critics feels like a coniferous tree. On the other hand, I tend to work like broadleaf trees that cover rather than stab, and round rather than sharpen. I stimulate the imagination rather than emphasize things, and hums rather than raps. What kind of tree do I want to, or should be? To compare it to biodiversity, both broad-leaved trees and coniferous trees are necessary and must be in harmony. Does my watery attitude really contribute to design diversity, or is it going to die out?