Well I will admit that this is
very very late and there isn't really an excuse for it not
getting done but I figured that better extremely
late than never at all.
I can safely
say the highlight of humanities for the week would be the documentary about origami.
There are three main points that are made in this documentary that make it the
best of the week which are as follows.
1.
Complexity, how complex can you make it?
2.
Simplicity, what can you do with one fold?
3.
The middle part, pushing past the difficult
In the beginning of the film they show the increasing
complexity of origami and origami designs throughout the years. A point that I took
out from the beginning of the film is the idea of making a design complex has
found synonymy with quality which is an idea I find prosperous. While you can
do amazing thinks with hundreds of folds you must remember that if you can do
something in one move there is no reason to do it in two. You must find the
balance of making it complex yet not going overboard and making it too busy
with too much going on with the piece. That idea of complexity balance does not
only apply to origami either, it can be found in all design and art as well. If
an artist or designer adds too many colors with no central focus then all the
artist will make is a busy mess or a sloppy design. However if they take out a
few colors or simplify the design then they will end up with elegance that cannot
be matched.
This idea
of complexity balance moves into the next point which is simplicity and minimalism,
doing as much as possible in as few moves as possible. Minimalistic designs are
a completely different animal where the idea of making a thing goes out the
window and the end goal is a flow of shape. This is a concept that I find the
most difficult in all of art. For a designer to make a big desk with all the
bells and whistles is easy but to take that desk and strip it to bear minimum
then take more off of that yet still end up with a practical design that is
elegant is the most challenging feat to accomplish for me personally and for a large
portion of the design world.
Finally there
is the middle, the process of making the thing. More specifically the point of
no return. There is a point in every build and every piece of art where you
have to make a choice about how something is going to be. There is no other
option other than the choice and you can’t go back after you make it. This is
the point that defines a good designer or builder. If they stall and falter at
the big choice then there design or piece of art will ultimately fail. Yet if
they meet the choice head on and push through the choice and complete it
without hesitation then they will have a success. Even though it is easily
described actually doing it in real life is extremely hard and even the
greatest of designers will struggle through this middle.
While these
are just few of the ideas in the film they are the big three that I see
affecting my life both as a person and as a designer. They are not just points
that you deal with for a short time either, they are ideas that you people will
encounter during their entire life. this is why learning about them has made
this documentary the best of my week.
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