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what gives "taste" to a webdesigner?

September 14, 2007 12:33pm

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  • #1 / Sep 14, 2007 12:33pm

    latrine

    28 posts

    Hello…

    I am an Economist, with a keen taste for programing webpages… but my"taste” and creativity for the design of a site is close to nill…

    So…please answer the poll and help us Designinpaired ones to improve 😊, where should I invest? Should I take another graduation, or can I punish my parents because of my genetic information?

    😊

    JPCarvalhinho

  • #2 / Sep 14, 2007 1:05pm

    Leslie Camacho

    1340 posts

    Your poll doesn’t include beauty in the world, other people, or any form of alcohol. 😊

    Taste is so subjective. There are rules to design and I think “taste” is a matter of how good a person is at breaking and bending those rules toward the particular need of the art or the client or in rare cases, both.

  • #3 / Sep 14, 2007 1:18pm

    Daniel Walton

    553 posts

    I can’t remember who said it, but the gist of it went something like “creativity is unlearned through education”. I would have to say of the list you’ve given us ‘My basic education’ plays a large role in each of us.

  • #4 / Sep 14, 2007 1:33pm

    cshort

    59 posts

    Your poll doesn’t include beauty in the world, other people, or any form of alcohol. 😊

    Couldn’t that be “God inspires me…” 😊

  • #5 / Sep 14, 2007 1:37pm

    Ryan M.

    1511 posts

    Salt!

    mmm…tasty web designer…

  • #6 / Sep 14, 2007 3:53pm

    PXLated

    1800 posts

    I checked the “basic education” box because, as Les mentioned, there are design rules, color theroes, typographic principles and I learned those in design school. That set me up for the basics. After that though it’s been mostly practice and self study…books and online. The biggest to me though is just observation…what others are doing, what works and why.

    And, for taste, I agree, salt.

  • #7 / Sep 14, 2007 3:53pm

    Nitrov2

    1 posts

    testing

  • #8 / Sep 14, 2007 6:03pm

    Marcus Neto

    1005 posts

    I put my everyday surfing and learning. I draw inspiration from what is going on online. I dont have any education as a designer other than what I have picked up online. I come from the “education is where you find it” camp. In other words I dont care for education that takes place in a classroom. But if someone is driven enough and really wants to learn something they will seek out the education whether it be from other people or from books. Anyway, just my .02 but my English degree does little for my Web Design.

  • #9 / Sep 29, 2007 12:58am

    maadmac

    224 posts

    Taste is so subjective.

    It is, and it’s not.  Paul Graham discusses this in terrific detail here:

    Taste for Makers

    Reader’s Digest:

    “It’s a matter of pride, and a real pleasure, to get better at your job. But if your job is to design things, and there is no such thing as beauty, then there is no way to get better at your job. If taste is just personal preference, then everyone’s is already perfect: you like whatever you like, and that’s it.”

  • #10 / Nov 13, 2007 2:39am

    Bruce2005

    536 posts

    Poll needs two more of the most important elements:
    Old age and country livin
    lol

  • #11 / Nov 13, 2007 7:39pm

    Crssp-ee

    572 posts

    Everyday browsing and learning comes the closest. Good design is time based, you spend time creating the solution, but if you don’t see any beauty in the final outcome, you will never be a designer of any great consequence. Oh yeah you’ve got to know your way around an image editor also.

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