I'm a avid musician - I've been making music longer than I've been designing. For me there are many parallels between music and design. Most of my musical 'career' has been dedicated to writing and performing original material. I find the act of composition, or of arranging someone else's material to fit the band I'm working with to be very informative to my work as a designer. I've definitely learned more about design from music than any other source.
Frank Lloyd Wright saw music as a metaphor for architecture. He demanded all his students study and perform music. The immediacy of musical performances forces one to focus attention and make split second judgements about balance, aesthetics, movement, timing, and so much more. I don't think I would have become a designer if I wasn't first a musician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=41710 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
