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Week 4 Discussions
4-1 Discussion
What are some things a designer can do to nurture intuition when faced with a design challenge?
Response:
According to Cullen (2005), “in addition to experience and practice, intuition is the
defining force that individualizes and separates one designer from the next…the inner voice, and
the knowledge that it brings, is independent and unexplainable, yet it always present.” Intuition
is the gut feeling that one feels, sometimes even making decisions for the individual, even when
it seems to go against the evidence; something you just “know”, trust, and follow without
question, without reason, without immediate understanding. When a designer comes face-to-face
with a design challenge, relying on the processes of nurturing intuition can be helpful.
Per Cullen (2005), “intuition requires nurturing to become a productive component of the
design process”; when creating, it is important for the designer to respond to these immediate
intuitive feelings without fearing the outcome. (Cullen, 2005). Once a designer has came the
understanding and ability to trust their intuition, this “…encourages the designer to take chances
risk taking adds vitality to the design and a certain sense of the unexpected.” Intuition can be
nurtured by, but is not limited to, the following ways: 1) remain careful not to analyze the ideas
heard by the inner voice before testing them, 2) do not abandon or assume their worth, 3) foster
intuition through activities outside of the design environment, 4) take breaks and collect
thoughts, 5) continually seek inspiration, 6) expect the unexpected, but ask questions and be
informed, etc. (Cullen, 2005). When a designer actively participates in such processes, “…the
designer learns to decipher the helpful insights from insignificant ones” (Cullen, 2005). Through
practice the designer will learn and have the ability to trust, follow, and gain understanding into
their instincts and intuition on how to proceed not only in a design, but in other life events as
well.
Sincerely,
Cheyenne Nelson
References
Cullen, K. (2005, July). Layout Workbook: A real-world guide to building pages in graphic
design. Gloucester, Massachusetts: Rockport Publishers, Inc.
4-2 Discussion
Explore Susan Kare's designs and contribute to this discussion. In a paragraph or two, write
about your graphic design knowledge of Kare (or the type of work she is best known for) and
provide an example of an influential design she has created.
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After viewing Susan Kare’s designs and portfolio, I would assume that I would have
heard of her before; I also felt this same way with Paul Rand during the first week’s discussion.
It seems to me that these artists do not get enough credit in a world full of competition, even
though they create, to me, some of the most commonly recognized/influential designs. I am
grateful to be able to gain understanding into these artists and share my newly found knowledge
with others in hopes to bring more light to their names because it is deserved!
Researching into Susan’s past, the beginning of her most influential designs started in the
early 1980s when she joined Apple Computer to begin work on the early Macintosh computers.
(FamousGraphicDesigners.org, n.d.). Pictured below are Susan’s original Mac designs “…that
brought early Macintosh computers to life and set them apart from text-based PCs” (Kohlstedt,
n.d.).
(Kohlstedt, n.d.)
Although created decades ago, her creation of pixel art remains in use today “…including
the command symbol as well as the lasso and paint bucket commonly found in visual editing
programs” (Kohlstedt, n.d.); many of Kare’s designs and most influential creations were created
based on pixelating in a journal and transferring to a digital form. To Kare, “…pixel limitations
were helpful frameworks…they facilitated more minimalist and this inclusive graphics as they
left room for interpretation” (Kohlstedt, n.d.). As time continued, Susan also went on to create
commonly recognized fonts (i.e. Chicago, Gothic, etc.) that are still utilized in popular computer
applications today, such as Microsoft Word, etc. Her work, in many ways, “…presaged a shift
toward visual-based communication…and embodied in the rise of Imgur and Pinterest as well as
gifs and emojis” (Kohlstedt, n.d.).
Sincerely,
Cheyenne Nelson
References
FamousGraphicDesigners.org. (n.d.). Susan Kare: Biography, Designs and Facts. Retrieved May
28, 2020, from https://www.famousgraphicdesigners.org/susan-kare

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Week 4 Discussions 4-1 Discussion What are some things a designer can do to nurture intuition when faced with a design challenge? Response: According to Cullen (2005), “in addition to experience and practice, intuition is the defining force that individualizes and separates one designer from the next…the inner voice, and the knowledge that it brings, is independent and unexplainable, yet it always present.” Intuition is the gut feeling that one feels, sometimes even making decisions for the individual, even when it seems to go against the evidence; something you just “know”, trust, and follow without question, without reason, without immediate understanding. When a designer comes face-to-face with a design challenge, relying on the processes of nurturing intuition can be helpful. Per Cullen (2005), “intuition requires nurturing to become a productive component of the design p ...
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