Profile Number 1
Mark O'Bryan
Employment:
O'Bryan spends his time as a designer of his own work as well as an assistant designer to his wife who currently has her own interior design firm. While not working on his or his wife's design, O'Bryan makes use of his free time teaching students as a Professor here at the University of Kentucky.
Biography:
O'Bryan is a huge fan of sound systems and also has a love of photography. He attended and graduated from the University of Kentucky. He enjoys listening to jazz music and one of his best projects was working on the renovation of the St. Agnes church.
Current Position in Design:
O'Bryan is a Professor for the College of Design. He assists his students in learning more about design as well as teaching his students to ignore the pressure of others when it comes to their design. He preaches to his students that they should listen to their gut and design things the way they feel should be designed.
Speculation about where design will be heading:
O'Bryan enlightened us on the use of modern technology in the theater of design. He stated that technology is constantly changing but that does not always mean design will benefit from the change. He stated that designers need to utilize their senses of sight and hearing when approaching design and not fully rely on technology to do the work for them. Technology does have its benefits though as O'Bryan stated that he has and still does utilize different cameras to create renders of his projects.
Profile Number 2
Jennifer Tate
Employment:
Jennifer is currently an employee for LG Electronics. She is in charge of managing several projects simultaneously and she also does freelance design work.
Biography:
Tate graduated from the University of North Carolina with a major in architecture. One of her favorite social media applications is Instagram mainly due to its simplistic design. She also loves coffee and even has her own coffee mug that says "Big Ass Mug" on it. She attended graduate school and one of main takeaways of her attendance was the importance of understanding and supporting your gut feeling.
Current Position in Design:
As previously stated, Tate is currently an employee at LG Electronics. She is involved in the Maker Movement, the design of products, the integration of design as well as graphic design. She also is heavily involved in understanding the thought process of design which is basically the concept of this is what I made and explaining how I made it.
Speculation about where design will be heading:
Tate explained to us that design is not universal among designers. There is no formula for design, no right or wrong way. The only limits to design is the imagination of designers. Tate explained to us the importance of designers paying attention to society and designing objects based upon what society wants. The world we live in would not be the same without designers and it is important that designers take risks because if they don't they will never achieve any progress.
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