The first lecture and seminar on Theory and Practice was all about imagining ourselves as practitioners, and thinking about how we work , and about having design authorship on your own work, giving it a sense of strong identity carving out your style in the industry. Thinking about what type of designers we want to become and the idea of having concepts behind our work. To do this we began to think of our own design philosophy , revolving around what is important to us and how we could build this into our own style of work.To do this we began looking at some famous manifestos to show us a good way of how our ideas can become practise. This seminar helped me to realise that Manifestos are a great way of creating your own framework for generating ideas that are specific to yourself and your own style. Especially Daniel Eatocks manifesto, a lot of his ideas are not specifically about design but also about his life philosophies. Design is a reaction to what is going on in the moment, Daniel Eatocks manifesto helps him to do this.
We looked at the 'First things first' manifesto which is quite a narrative and sceptical way of presenting a manifesto unlike Daniel Eatocks . In redacting the text i began to find what words stood out to me and what i believe a design philosophy is about. The word i was left with that really stood out to me was 'imagination'. I believe this is the way that you make an impact on the industry in being creative and showing your individual personality through imagination. You have got to believe and be confident in your ideas and concepts. As i begin to develop my manifesto these will be the ideas that will be the for front of my design philosophy, bridging the gap between theory and practice.