Felt this relate directly to my new role, constantly switching between screens feeling ‘busy’, but at the end of the day there was little to show for it. Going to try and implement this tomorrow. Thanks!
From a philosophical point of view, sometimes a problem implies a whole series of questions, and sometimes a single question implies the need to solve many problems.
@51:40 "Progress in science is often built on wrong theories that are later corrected. It is better to be wrong than to be vague."
-Freeman Dyson, 'The Scientist as Rebel'
Picked up on and interpreted ... stop multitasking, or trying, as so many do. It is counterproductive to half-ass many things that will need redoing. Pick one task, do it well, like it means something. Then move onto the next task. Skill and quality keeps it out of the landfill.
My design process always starts with a problem, then most of the effort is spent refining the problem and constraints until the solution naturally falls out.
One of our greater instructors for graphic design taught us to write a statement before each project. Not a design statement of how we are attempting to solve. Rather a statement of what the problem was, what our client needed it to do. Then keep rereading that statement as the project progressed forward. This way we weren't as apt to get off track with some great element of design that caught a lot of attention, but was actually only noise interfering with the solution.
I am a collage artist. The more materials I have to work with, the harder it is for me to come up with a piece. When I only have a few materials to choose from, my creativity clicks back in and ideas flow like water.
I think this is going to be the only interview I'm gonna watch more than once. I definitely have to rewatch it.
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-Freeman Dyson, 'The Scientist as Rebel'
Thank you, Epstein.