2. Response

Today's class period on judging design made me think about not only the judging process of design, but also the thought process of designers, and really all people. As each student was given the task of judging several designs, all of which were well-executed, insightful, or at least visually pleasing on some level, it became apparent that everyone simply sees things differently and has a personal take on what "superior" design is. The short amount of time we were given to examine and judge several designs, all of which must have taken hours of diligent work to complete, made it clear that as a designer, I do not have the luxury of judgement after understanding-meaning most people look over our work in a few short seconds and decided whether or not it is "worthy," without necessarily even knowing the subject matter at hand. In all, this means that a designer's job is all the more important, in that we can bring readers to material they might not have even considered. However, this also means that if we do not strive to create exciting designs that grab the attention of readers, they may simply pass up, or seemingly judge and discard, all of our and the writers, reporters, and editors hard work. That being said, maybe I should be working harder!!!