Aspirational Graphic Design: Create a Better Future
Defining Your Problem
A course by Nathan Smith , Designer and Art Director
About the video: Defining Your Problem
Overview
“Our brief is open enough for all of us to answer and come up with our own different creative solutions. This means we need to carve out and define our own problem to solve. In this lesson, captured via example, we go through how I suggest navigating this process.”
In this video lesson Nathan Smith addresses the topic: Defining Your Problem, which is part of the Domestika online course: Aspirational Graphic Design: Create a Better Future. Turn principals into actions and use poster design as a tool to inspire positive change in the world.
Partial transcription of the video
“U3L2 Defining Your Problem This means we need to carve out and define our own creative problem to solve. In this lesson, I'll go through how I suggest to navigate this process. When defining a problem, observation and reflection are key. I tend to make notes, usually when I'm on transport, where I write down any small problems I've noticed or minor gaps that I've found. I tend to do this because otherwise I might forget it and let the moment pass. These notes can be on very basic or very big things, it really doesn't matter. For instance, I think that people now are more disconnected from n...”
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Course summary for: Aspirational Graphic Design: Create a Better Future
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Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
3D Design, Art Direction, Branding & Identity, Design, Graphic Design
Nathan Smith
A course by Nathan Smith
Nathan Smith is a designer and art director from Cornwall, UK. Despite not being exposed to graphic design growing up, he became fascinated by it at a young age. Nathan went on to hone his craft whilst studying at university before moving to London where he worked on multiple work placements. There, through personal side projects, he discovered an appreciation for creating work with a purpose beyond profit.
Now freelance, he has collaborated with brands including Gregory Bonner Hale, 2xElliot, 4Creative, and London College of Fashion. He has been awarded and recognized by organizations such as D&AD, Design Museum Designs of The Year, The Guardian, and CNN.
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