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Design Challenge — something for the soul

Posted: June 3rd, 2009 | Author: Iancu | Filed under: design, thoughts | Tags: , | 4 Comments »

For quite a while now I’ve been dreaming, hoping, pondering, trying to come up with some sort of solution to force myself in working and doing more of the stuff that I like, that I chose to do for the rest of my life—design. ‘Unfortunately’, we’re not as lucky as Michelangelo, Durer or other masters, we have internet, instant messaging, tv and so on, so many things that distract us from what we truly like to do.

Eventually, a solution came up: to give myself a “non-comercial” theme to think and design, every two weeks or so. Worried as I was that I wouldn’t be serious enough to keep doing it on a regular basis, I managed to convince some of my friends to join in, hoping that if I wouldn’t design for my eyes only, at least for them I would :) (I still remember very fondly my college years when I’d work and wait unpatiently for the end of the semester when everybody would show their projects—competing with them was the true school).

So, this is it: Design Challenge.
A flickr account where every two weeks all the members post their work on the previously given theme. Working only for the sheer pleasure of challenging wits and talent.

Here’s a glimpse of how the set with the works looks:
Design Challenge

Since all the members are romanian, comments are not in english. But you’ll get the general idea, trust me. Enjoy :)

4 Comments on “Design Challenge — something for the soul”

  1. 1 Radu said at 11:33 AM on June 3rd, 2009:

    Gosh, deci nu sunt singurul care isi doreste asa ceva.

    Felicitari, mestere, pentru initiativa!!!

    admin edit:
    Translation: “Gosh, so I’m not the only one who has been thinking about this. Congrats for the initiative!!!”
    Please use english next time, thanks :)

  2. 2 Iancu said at 11:42 AM on June 3rd, 2009:

    No, you’re never alone, nobody is. If you’re thinking something, you can bet somebody has, is or will be thinking the same, independent of you. The nice thing is when you get to meet that somebody and interact.

    Thanks and keep visiting, you’ll be in for some treats for sure :)

  3. 3 Stefan said at 12:33 PM on June 3rd, 2009:

    Great idea. Will be keeping an eye on how things progress.

  4. 4 Creative cookout (a post from Web R.0) said at 9:02 PM on June 5th, 2009:

    [...] The post I’m talking about potraits the Design Challenge. Basically it’s a Flickr pool account (why not a pool?) where designers post work on a bimonthly given theme. This is totally non-comercial as we all hate spec-work ;). [...]

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