Lecture Notes
I recently when to see Wayne Hemingway's takeover on the Tate's latest exhibition and felt his was one of the strongest layouts of the whole thing. for this reason I was interested to see the man behind the display.
Wayne Hemmingway's lecture started the same as any other, no real inspiration and talking about design thinking. He reiterated all the same things we have heard from every other guest speaker. Through the frustration of listening to the same stuff again I began to doodle. Still listening my frustration began to deepen due to the what Wayne was now saying "I tell my children to put down their pencils and think instead of drawing" WHAT! how is an artist supposed to work out their thoughts without drawing down what they are thinking? I completely understand that 'design thinking' is what separates the boys from the men in our industry. but my god, you carn't expect us to completely leave the sheet of paper in order to do it.
At this point I really felt like dropping an anvil on his head, Wayne had come to an art school and told us not to draw out our ideas as we think.
Unexpectedly from this point onwards though Wayne began to talk sense, debating on the way consumerism is changing design for the worse. This i could relate to and understand. Even though he was using archetecture as an example, I see this kind of thing every day. i have respect for what he has done, breaking the mold and changing the way people think about modern practices. his work made a small spark of inspiration well up inside me.
Yet even though I have respect for him anyone who opens up a talk to art student the way he did may find an anvil over their heads from now on.
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