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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Adolfo Navarro
A course by Adolfo Navarro
Adolfo Navarro is the founder and creative director of Lo Esencial, a multiple-award-winning Mexican brand of utilitarian objects that emphasizes functionality through the appropriate use of genuine leather.
Adolfo's work is characterized by exploring possibilities and maximizing the usefulness and functionality of objects to achieve new ways of interaction and simplification, emphasizing objects that are used on a daily basis.
Among the recognitions he has received in the field of leather goods and design are two honorable mentions in the National Design Awards (2016), first place in the National Furniture Design Contest (DIMUEBLE, 2015), and an honorable mention at the National Design Biennial (2017), among others.
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