Technique, Business & Worldview for Web Designers—DVD

The Mirificam Press study path is a collection of mini web design courses on a DVD covering a wide range of technical and worldview topics.

Part 1: What is Design?

Part 2: The Christian View of Design

Part 3: The Purpose of Design

Part 4: What is Good Design?

Part 5: Morality and Ethics in Design

Matthew Griffin writes:
"Analyzing and developing worldview in design is actually pretty easy because it's one of the most philosophically expressive acts of creativity—second only to fine art in my opinion. Its leading practitioners have always been aware of their ideologies, and religious about applying them to their work. This relieves us of the difficult process of tracking down and extracting basic worldview premises from the work of the design movements we will be discussing. One thing is for sure, designers and design movements that know their worldview and act on it are world changers. They have a unified target at which to aim their efforts and they fly like an arrow for a bullseye.

Where Do We Go from Here?
Again, with our ultimate goal being the development of a Christian worldview in design, we will start by analyzing three other common modern worldviews. First we will take a look at modernism and postmodernism—two important philosophies gone worldview that have dramatically affected design in the modern era. We'll dissect them and take a look at the pros and cons of the application of those systems in various design disciplines. Then we'll move on to the hybrid modern/postmodern worldview. And finally, we'll get to the full-fledged Christian worldview.

Before we proceed, though, I want to be clear (and I will stress this several times throughout this series) that I am in no way claiming that Christians are the only real designers, or even the best designers (though we should strive to be). God's common grace has allowed all of humanity to participate in creative acts. Many times effective, beautiful design comes from designers and design movements with a broken or problematic worldview. We have to learn to recognize the worldview and then separate that from the work so we may appreciate its admirable qualities."