Method Designing

Method Designing: The Paradox of Modern Design Education
by Jessica Helfand

Emotional honesty. I like this phrase and it is one that stood out to me in this reading. I feel that Helfand struck a chord in saying that and that as designers were are indeed similar to the actors and actresses of the world; that we need to truly understand our part and be able to feel it deep down enough to engage and audience.

"If such self-love leads to more honest communication, to more novel form-making, to more meaningful solutions, then so much the better. But for designers, such self-knowledge can not be a method. It is simply a motive."