In the class we had a long discussion regarding, do we set the trend or a single famous person uses a new thing and it sets the trend. Or may be a group of people forecasts the upcoming trend and the designers help to set those trends by designing things according to the trend.
I pondered over this issue but could not really come to any rigid conclusion. A possible chain of event may be:
Designing for a Famous Personality
It is liked by masses
They use it
Trend is set
So as a designer why should we follow the trend forecast set by agencies and try and make that successful. On the contrary we should try and set own trends. Thus this is the need of the hour. Only then we can set trends and not follow it.
Also if we talk of ethics, this method can help in reducing copying. If we follow a trend, we tend to take references from the ready made material but if we are producing an altogether new product then we would not need to take any reference. The form has to be new.
Regarding open source, we become biased and we tend to do things as per our requirements. We do not think even once if the information should be for free or not. We only care for our own interest but this should not be the case. Strict rules must be imposed against copying and with time we can become more ethical and disciplined in the design profession.
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