Description

I talk about a hidden part of the creative pursuit that most people aren't aware of.

Music and links from this episode

1. The Entertainer (1902, piano roll) by Scott Joplin
2. Belview by C. Scott
3. Knuckle Up by C. Scott
4. En Croisiere by Juanitos

Line-by-line notes

1. Hello. It’s me, Craig.
2. Before we get into today’s show, I wanted to quickly talk about something new I’m working on
3. I’m starting a new podcast soon
4. There’s lots of things I don’t know about it yet
5. Like the name, the final format, when it’ll be released
6. But I’m really excited by it
7. Because I’ll be interviewing designers and creatives that I love
8. We’ll be talking about geeky stuff from the design and creative worlds
9. And I’m really looking forward to it
10. The reason I’m telling you about this so early is because I need your help
11. If you know of a designer or a creative that you’d love to hear have a chat with me
12. OR, you are a designer or a creative and you’d love to have a chat with me
13. Ping me on twitter at craigburgess or email me at craig@askadesigneranything.com and we’ll go from there
14. Promo, done.
15. INTRO
16. There’s a thing in any creative endeavour
17. That’s actually more important than the work itself
18. It’s older than time, and it’s a concept that’s been around forever
19. It’s older than this song
20. And some might say that to become a great designer, your understanding of it has to be absolute
21. And most of all, it’s something you’ve probably never considered and even known it’s a thing
22. I’m talking about space
23. No, not the kind of space in Star Trek
24. The other kind
25. This is AADA, and I’m Craig Burgess
26. PLAY MID SONG
27. Negative Space
28. White Space
29. Leave some room to breathe
30. It’s called different things by different people
31. Negative space as a concept is pretty simple
32. All it refers to is the space around or between the main subject of an image
33. In visual mediums, it’s the space where nothing is in the piece
34. It’ll be the spare space that’s left blank around something
35. To an untrained eye, it doesn’t look like an intentional thing
36. When you’re reading a book, the words don’t go to the very edge of the page
37. And that’s intentional, to aid your reading consumption and make it as comfortable as possible
38. But not only did somebody design where the words will go
39. And how much space is between them and what size the letters should be
40. Somebody also designed the space, the area where nothing is
41. It’s often an alien concept to some clients too
42. Who are always keen to see it as wasted space
43. Space that should be filled with something else
44. But once the negative space is filled up
45. It doesn’t have any power anymore, it’s not negative space now
46. It’s one