Just a few weeks ago, the weather was so mild that the flowers and shrubs were sporting colors that seemed inconsistent with the time of year. Although Winter was approaching in the background, you would have had to search to find any outward signs that a change was taking place. Graphic designers are all too familiar with the sudden shifts that can occur in the execution of a design. Whether this happens for technical reasons, or if it is due to a re-interpretation of the original concept, the end result is that the designer must change gears and adapt quickly in midstream. The tendency is to resist the return of the project to an earlier state, instead of accepting that these transformations are part of the creative process, much as Nature changes our surroundings as part of an ongoing pattern.
The images shown here are used to illustrate the rapid change in the weather patterns that we have been experiencing lately. While we would like to associate the flowers with Summer, these two images were photographed a short time apart. Change is inevitable, and each design adaptation highlights a different element in the composition. Every new rendering can provide us with a different perspective regarding a topic that we might have considered “exhausted”. If you didn’t see it before, then the change is good.