Moonlight

In the book “ Design for the real world “ Victor Papanek said “There are professions more harmful than industrial design, but only very few of them. And possibly only one profession is phonier: Advertising design. In persuading people to buy things they don’t need, with money they don’t have, in order to impress others that don’t care, it is probably the phoniest field in existence today “

There are a many answer to the question: ”what makes a good design”. I think that one of the most important factors to make a good design is our purposes when we design something
As we know, there are many purpose when we design something. It is perceive as a good design when we try to make the world better throughout our designs. This is the design with good cause.

Most of current graphic design done by professional design companies is used to promote or sell, which is fine, but design can also do so much more.


Design can raise money. The Breast Cancer symbol contributes a great deal to the promotions and ads that raised money for Non-Profit organizations.
Design can make people feels better. Design simple things for our life such as designing a birthday card for our beloved mom also makes her happy. Design can be very simple but meaningful.



According to philosopher Edward De Bono, there are four equally important sections that we must balance :
Me-values : ego and pleasure
Mates-values: belonging to a group, not letting it down
Moral-values: religious values, general law, general values of a particular culture
Mankind-values: human rights, ecology

It is difficult to balance all these four important sections. If we can balance these four sections in our design then I’m sure that this design is good (of course this design must be aesthetic ^^`)
In summary :
Good design + bad cause = bad
Bad design + good cause = good
Good Design + Good Cause = Good

posted by Bui Thi Hang Nga - s3146313 @ 4:42 PM