Historical & Contemporary Designers
- Inspiration Ideas for Design Essay
You may choose any person in any design field, alive or dead. You may choose someone famous or someone who should be better known. It may be someone you admire or someone who is actually a terrible person. The only criteria is that you should have a clear and unique OPINION about them which you can support with some known facts and evidence.
Graphic design, Fashion design, Product design, Industrial design, Textile design, Architectural design, Branding design, Furniture design, Interior design, and more are all acceptable. I have allowed film directors, architects, and even chefs in the past, but I do not suggest you choose a famous fine artist, painter, or sculptor (Van Gogh, Klimt, Michelangelo, etc. However, Leonardo da Vinci would be an exception as he was an inventor, designing and producing multiple objects.)
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You can find many historical names on the Great Designers Timeline at http://www.designishistory.com/ Truus Schröder, architect Andre Kim, fashion designer Kenji Ekuan, product and industrial designer Milton Glaser, graphic designer Madeleine Vionnet, fashion designer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, engineer/inventor Paul Rand, graphic and logo designer Victor Papanek, industrial designer 15 great designers / sample quotes in Korean and English here! https://learntsh.com/ The Secret Handshake
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These are names of contemporary (modern, living) designers whom you could choose. Jeeyon Shim, Korean female game designer, at www.patreon.com/jeeyonshim Rei Kawakubo Barbara Kruger, graphic designer Sheila Bridges, interior designer Dieter Rams, industrial designer Bjarke Ingels, contemporary architect Miuccia Prada, 'ugly is attractive', fashion designer Kenya Hara, product designer Maria Grazia Chiuri, creative director at Dior Naoto Fukasawa Jang Myung-sook, grandmother designer Ita Toyo, architect Jasper Morrison, industrial designer Jonathan Ive, product designer Stella McCartney, eco-fashion Eileen Fisher, designer environmentalist Phoebe Philo, fashion Linda Allen, lighting and interiors, at Linda Allen Designs Kate and Laura Mulleavy Minju Kim, fashion, at https://www.instagram.com/_minjukim Angel Chen, fashion designer, at https://www.angelchen.com/ Phillip Lim, fashion designer, at https://www.31philliplim.com/kr/ Han Bok-Ryeo, Royal Cuisine Master Here are some links to more research and more designers! https://www.vogue.com/article/women-designers-who-changed-the-way-we-dress https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/central-saint-martins/courses/short-courses https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/should-i-stay-or-should-i-leave-project-unites-south-korean-women-in-design/ 30 Graphic designers to follow on Behance Some graphic designers, illustrators, and animators to follow on Instagram Christian design company TektonSpace located in Seoul ; example portfolio piece on Hisbeans |