Reflections

I studied design from Korea.

In Korea, I learned about video. How to take the video, how to edit the video. At that time, I dreamed of being a music video or an advertising video director. I wanted to make commercial videos and become more famous. The dream seems to have lasted until last year.

But last year, I thought about this. 'There are many designers in the world, and many commercial photos and videos are pouring out. Can I really be the best of them?' Then suddenly I lost interest in everything I do. In a word, I was frightened. In my future. I couldn't think of anything about what I liked or what I was good at.

One day, I read a book called ‘50 Klassiker Design (I read in Korean)’. The book introduces famous designs and the designer who made them. There is a passage like this. “Good and bad is not a matter of ethics. What is important is the designer's answer to the desires, dreams and fears of the times and times.”

After reading this passage, I thought what I had thought so far was wrong.

I tried to keep up with the way I was, not to give an answer.

The first thing I thought about was what I like. I like to help someone. I wondered how it could be applied to this era.

There are many people in the world who need the help of others. For example, there are still many people in the Third World who cannot learn or eat due to lack of skills. Wouldn't the best design a designer can do be to change someone's life and instil a dream?

Therefore, it is necessary to have a design based on Appropriate Technology, not a general design. For example, a designer designs a drum-shaped bucket after seeing half of the water raised on the floor due to incomplete steps of children who grow water every morning due to a lack of drinking water in Africa. Children grow water and roll it back to the village, increasing the amount of water and saving time, and children are happy. Isn't this the true design?

In the past and now, I think I still need to learn and develop a lot. But the big difference is that I didn't have a clear purpose before, but now I have a clear desire to do it.

Reference

https://www.amazon.com/50-Klassiker-Design-20-Jahrhunderts/dp/3806725233