Cameron reflects on a recent design brief:
“..design isn’t just some magical entity. I don’t boil lizards and fairy dust in a cauldron while mumbling pseudo-Latin phrases and waving my hand about willy-nilly to make a website, it’s not magic, or even talent. It’s work; It’s art.”
There is as much, if not more to learn in an initial failure, as there is in an instant home-run. And learning why something doesn’t work means that exact same mistake or design flaw is far less likely in future. The outcome of re-working a slightly miss-aligned concept is often a strengthening in skill set and talent, something that immediate success without the hard yards, doesn’t always provide.
As a result, Cameron’s designs are among some of the single best I have seen used within the tumblr network.
≡ This is a brief remainders entry relating to the topics of design, ethos, inspiration and written in response to an external article, comment or opinion — refer linked article for completeness and context.
Brendan Borlase is a Systems and Network Administrator living in Adelaide, Australia, having lived, worked and breathed Information Technology for over 12 years. Learn more.
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