Age of Entitlement

Age of Entitlement

This article, "A Harsh Lesson" by Adrian Shaughnessy, is about the problems facing art programs in the UK the first being cut backs, then about self-directed projects and what they lead to and finally about print being so big in designer's minds. These problems face American's as well and I believe that a lot of the time we are either unaware or just do not care about it.

The schools in the UK are not the only ones that are seeing a decrease in budget for art programs. "…Tens of thousands of students at public and private colleges and universities around the country(US) will find arts programs, courses and teachers missing — victims of piercing budget cuts — when they descend on campuses this month and next." This terrible thing is causing colleges to have to have smaller class sizes and less faculty members virtually deleting their own departments. I think, as an art major, that the art department is a crucial part of a college. It provides an outlet for non-majors so that they can see and even relate to the expressions or fellow students rather than have to go to the nearest expensive art museum.

Shaugnessy talks a lot of this and how it is ruining graphic design, "a graphic designer's job is communication." He says that this is caused by the amount of self-directing that a student has to go through. I agree with Saughnessy in this area, graphic design is about communicating more than it is about what we feel. According to AIGA, the professional association of design, "Graphic design is a creative process that combines art and technology to communicate ideas." The ideas can really be anything and can mean anything but not many people get a job to do what they want. Graphic designers freelance or otherwise, usually have to do whatever their client asks them too. Self-expression