Tuesday, March 22, 2011
What Can I say about HGTV?
During my time at the Art Institute of Tampa I haven’t really been a TV watcher. I do however remember watching HGTV before entering school and being inspired to become an interior designer. They gave me the complete wrong impression. They made interior design seem so easy…I was surprised when I began my first interior design project and it was nothing like how they did it on TV! The bits and pieces of HGTV that I have seen has never explained what interior design really is. I don’t remember them really getting into any type of evidence based design or even show progress or analysis of spaces. I appreciate the fact that HGTV introduced me to my awesome profession, I just wish that they could concentrate more on interior design philosophy to educate their viewers.
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I agree with you on that. I used to be addicted. Now that I see those shows, I realize the misconception that comes across to the viewers. There isn't the process or EBD. They have some talented designers on their shows but it doesn't portray the full spectrum of interior design.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on this topic. HGTV is what brought me to design school; howver, little did I know that what I was watching on HGTV was just a watered down version of Interior Design. Really...it's a dumbed down version for the generic public that doesn't like to think. I guess that's what TV is for! It annoys me when people are shocked to hear about what Interior Designers really do. It's like, did you really think what you see on Grey's Anatomy and House is really what happens in hospitals and that is what doctors really do?
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