Design Inspiration Lasts Much Longer Then a Week

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Design Inspiration Lasts Much Longer Then a Week

By Syed - June 30th, 2010

San Francisco Design Week

Whether we inherently know it or not, inspiration surrounds us everywhere, at all times. Regardless of whether it’s physical, mental or spiritual, inspiration resonates through all five of our senses.

For designers alike, their creative juices were flowing by way of San Francisco’s DesignWeek, a yearly event intended to raise the awareness and importance of how design can affect all aspects of like—for both creatives and non-creatives.

The event, which spanned from June 14^th to the 20^th, held several galleries, workshops, exhibits and keynote speakers. The idea is to gather the top designers from throughout the Bay Area in one place and offer them a chance to share their work, catch up on old times, and most importantly, inspire one another.

Fortunately for me, I was given the opportunity to see one of the exhibits at the AIGA office in downtown San Francisco. Although the gallery space was small, the work at hand was not. The eclectic group displayed work that ranged in product design, architectural design and even redesign of websites. Even though the work was done on a small scale and may even be forgettable for most of us that aren’t even in the design field, the most important notion to take from DesignWeek is that inspiration is a revolving door, affecting someone, even in the most minuscule way.

On that note, here’s some of the displays at hand that left me impressed:

How cool is it to design products for pirates?