A thought

I need to be starting my internship work, but I keep forgetting to post on here, and I have things to say!

I'm reading an essay by my advisor Marina, about Mexican designers in the 1990s and how they started becoming more interested in the history of design in their own country, which really hadn't be researched that much--art history and other things were considered more important to research. So Mexico didn't start studying its design history until very recently. This makes me really excited--heck, I want to move down to Mexico and join in and be part of those efforts to learn more. Too bad I think my Spanish would hold me back. :P

But in her essay, it talks about the local vs. international design, and it really interested me, just thinking about how different design would have been if we had remained in isolation. I mean, I know the rise of design was largely driven by the industrial revolution, and the technological advances that came with it, especially forms of printing... and the technology also made it so that we could travel faster/easier and that people started leaving farms and congregating in the cities... so although I know design wouldn't be what it is without the technological advances... I just imagine how extremely different each regions design aesthetic would be if they couldn't influence one another and share resources and if they took only from themselves. I feel like there would be such variety!

So exciting. Anyway. 5 minute post, back to work.