{"id":19,"date":"2007-02-05T17:19:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-06T00:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/archives\/19"},"modified":"2007-12-31T23:07:33","modified_gmt":"2008-01-01T06:07:33","slug":"timeless-not-faddish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/?p=19","title":{"rendered":"Timeless, not faddish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is totally from the the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Rand\">Paul Rand<\/a> school of thought, as well as many other leading (and legendary) designers like <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Eames\">Eames<\/a>: Designers should leverage timeless principles (of form, content, quality) and embody a beauty (in all its multidimensional senses) in their work, outlasting momentary styles and fads. It&#8217;s admittedly an idealistic view that speaks to issues of craft and cultural value.<\/p>\n<p>On the opposite end perhaps are those who seek to serve and influence the fashions of the day, whatever may be considered &#8220;cool&#8221; for the hip and savvy set. A <a href=\"http:\/\/conferences.oreillynet.com\/cs\/et2006\/view\/e_spkr\/2630\">former creative director of Nike and Quokka<\/a> (now VP of Product Experience at Adobe) recently proclaimed that &#8220;we&#8217;re all fashion designers now&#8221;. Not too sure if I agree with that :-)<\/p>\n<p>Couple quick examples of successful fashion-based adaptation:<\/p>\n<p>* Madonna has done an extraordinary job morphing herself every couple years in terms of her style and music.<br \/>\n* Relatedly, MTV is a major commercial brand that must adapt to changing styles and fads to stay relevant to its savvy audiences, especially at a global scale!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is totally from the the Paul Rand school of thought, as well as many other leading (and legendary) designers like Eames: Designers should leverage timeless principles (of form, content, quality) and embody a beauty (in all its multidimensional senses) in their work, outlasting momentary styles and fads. It&#8217;s admittedly an idealistic view that speaks &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/?p=19\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Timeless, not faddish&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-practical-matters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghostinthepixel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}