Methodology of Form-giving Design
Interpretation and authorship
A course by Adolfo Navarro , Product designer and photographer
About the video: Interpretation and authorship
Overview
“The final designer of each piece should be the user. I will explain why I consider it important to leave certain objects or creative results open to interpretations by users, so that they determine the final usefulness of a piece.”
In this video lesson Adolfo Navarro addresses the topic: Interpretation and authorship, which is part of the Domestika online course: Methodology of Form-giving Design. Learn to design in a simple and versatile way to get more with less.
Partial transcription of the video
“Over the course of the course we have analyzed a lot of concepts and a lot of key points to approach our projects from a more configurative perspective. Now, as an end point after having gone through interaction, utility, multiutility, form, all this kind of aspects, I would like us to focus on the terms "interpretation" and "authorship". which will help us to perfectly close with the configurative design cycle and understand what this is all about. As designers, is too egocentric to say that we are going to generate objects and that these are going to be fulfilled with the functions by whi...”
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Course summary for: Methodology of Form-giving Design
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Creative Consulting, Design, Product Design

Adolfo Navarro
A course by Adolfo Navarro
Adolfo Navarro is the founder and creative director of Lo Esencial, a Mexican multi-award winning utility brand that emphasizes functionality through the proper use of genuine leather as a material.
Adolfo's work is characterized by exploring possibilities and maximizing the usefulness and functionality of objects, achieving new ways of interaction and simplification, emphasizing objects that are used daily.
Among the awards he has received in the field of leather goods and design, there are two honorable mentions in the National Design Award (2016), the first place in the National Furniture Design Competition (DIMUEBLE, 2015), as well as an honorable mention in the National Design Biennial (2017), among others.
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