Or a print-out of a web page in your portfolio doesn't look as nice as some 'proper' artwork.

Paper always wind out over web when it comes to career enhancement. Look at the number of webby people who just have to write paper books to get their message across (and perhaps their egos boosted).

Posted by: Mac on August 12, 2002 04:22 AM

 

I'm not sure I agree completely, at least not based on some definitions of "career enhancement."

I would wager the average salary of interactive designers is still higher than the average of print designers, even after the collapse of the Internet economy. That has little to do with who's more creative, intelligent or resourceful, by the way. Both print and interactive designers can be winners on all those counts.

It's more a consequence of the difference in the amount of sheer technical knowledge required to master the tools of each trade.

Posted by: Jay Small on August 12, 2002 04:27 PM

 

I know of one person who used to came to "interactive media" from a print background. Seven years later he has gone back to print, partly because of the job market, and partly because he feels his work is more appreciated when it appears on "real media".

Posted by: Mac on August 13, 2002 04:55 AM

 

Gee, large sweeping statements based upon.... umm, what?

"Look at the number of webby people who just have to write paper books to get their message across"

Might look at the much larger number of "webby" people NOT generating print via blogs - sure 98% are drivel about taking theie cats to the vet or what, but there are plenty of folks (and journals) relying on bits not atoms for publishing.

Avoid false dichotomies- it is not "print" OR "web" as better, both can be appropriate.

Personally, I like the challenge of working within a limited medium- it makes one rise to a high level of creativity and to test the boundaries.

Posted by: Dogbot on August 14, 2002 02:15 AM