Comments on: Discouraging world of a designer http://designkai.com/discouraging-world-of-a-designer/ For the Designer that loves a rant Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:02:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Domenico http://designkai.com/discouraging-world-of-a-designer/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Domenico Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:49:34 +0000 http://designkai.com/?p=9#comment-115 Thanks Mike, With that quote I was referring more specifically to giving negative feedback, particularly of the constructive variety. Constructive negative feedback is often not particularly constructive from people who are unfamiliar or self proclaimed to the design industry, this is simply because most people don't see the nit picky details that cause the problems. To rephrase it, they see the design as an image rather then many small images put together in a way where they wont be destroying each other. They can see that there is a problem, yes, but it is unlikely that if it is subtle enough they will be able to name the problem at all, or more importantly, name it correctly. And anything that isn't too subtle for others can probably be picked up by your own eye. There is benefit in the untrained eye, but I don't particularly feel as though it is as constructive or deep as feedback from the trained eye. Thanks Mike,
With that quote I was referring more specifically to giving negative feedback, particularly of the constructive variety. Constructive negative feedback is often not particularly constructive from people who are unfamiliar or self proclaimed to the design industry, this is simply because most people don’t see the nit picky details that cause the problems. To rephrase it, they see the design as an image rather then many small images put together in a way where they wont be destroying each other. They can see that there is a problem, yes, but it is unlikely that if it is subtle enough they will be able to name the problem at all, or more importantly, name it correctly. And anything that isn’t too subtle for others can probably be picked up by your own eye.

There is benefit in the untrained eye, but I don’t particularly feel as though it is as constructive or deep as feedback from the trained eye.

]]> By: Mike P. http://designkai.com/discouraging-world-of-a-designer/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Mike P. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:26:05 +0000 http://designkai.com/?p=9#comment-114 You're pretty much spot-on on everything, however, I must disagree with you on one point. "[...] unless you're a designer, you probably aren't in any position to give feedback that[']s useful." Actually, that's the most important feedback, as that's who it's for, correct? You’re pretty much spot-on on everything, however, I must disagree with you on one point. “[...] unless you’re a designer, you probably aren’t in any position to give feedback that[']s useful.” Actually, that’s the most important feedback, as that’s who it’s for, correct?

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