Re: Software does not a designer make

Eliza and Zoe --

That is the prime example of where I am coming from --- wish all
clients and employers could see it

Lisa

--- Eliza and Zoe <halywn(at)xenon.net> wrote:
> At 17:14 7/06/99 +0100, L. J. Durham wrote:
> >ROFL forgive me if my post ends up sounding elitist
> but here goes:
> >
> >This issue is no different than the plague thats
> faced graphic
> >designers for years.
> >
> >I will maintain till my last breath that having
> software doesnt make
> >one a designer.
> 
> This reminds me of a story you might find amusing :)
> 
> I worked as speculative artist for Yellow Pages over
> here in Australia a
> few years back.  At one stage they were talking
> about giving the sales reps
> laptops with Corel Draw on it so that they could do
> spec art in the field.
> I pointed out that these peoples total experience
> with computers was
> entering data on a terminal, and that Corel Draw was
> a bit more then that,
> and that they would be better off doing rough
> sketches with pad and pencil.
>  One of the reps jumped up and said "But I can't
> draw a straight line!"  I
> replied "Then what makes you think you can with a
> computer?"
> 
> The idea was scraped when it was discovered that,
> although most of them
> thought it would be wonderful to have the
> technology, they realised that it
> took more then technology to design ads.
> 
> Eliza
> 

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