Towards Relational Design

I thought this article was very interesting to read. It's pretty amazing to see all the perspectives of design in general and how it has grew and changed throughout the years. The first phase being more suprematism, futurism, and constructivism, a way that allows us to speak of a "visual language." I personally think that is what design is all about, finding a way to speak to your audience through your work of art. The second phase is more about its symbolic value, its semantic dimension, narrative potential, and its essential context. I think that this phase is very important in a designer because you need to see the whole context, the whole picture when you are trying to get your "message" or "designs" across. The third phase being more tightly linked to digital technologies, the internet and the computer started becoming huge and taking over the design field. I think it has become a great thing because it gives designers a way to work fast, easy, and efficient instead of doing everything by hand. All forms of design produce effects, some small, some large just like it says in the article. Design has become so far and has become extremely important in ways of advertisement and just visually catching ones eye. Every business (big or small) and corporation needs design to bring attract people and give it a overall branding to invite you in. I think its cool to hear that over 100 years of experiments design explores the realm of context through social, cultural, political, geographical, technological, and philosophical ideas. The diversity has become so far and i think having that diverse mind makes for a good graphic design artist.