In an article posted on Design Observer by Michelle Hauser, we learn about the mystical Vivian Maier and the art she produced simply by doing. John Maloof found her negatives at an auction in Chicago and purchased them on a whim. What he found? Pure genius.
He discovered that she was a nanny/caretaker who just loved photography and took thousands of photos during her lifetime. Most of them were not printed during her lifetime -- and probably would have been thrown out if it wasn't for John. This is what scares me about the future. When these physical objects were almost casually thrown away, what is going to happen to digital content that is even more easily disposed of?
Something else interesting in the article was that Maloof did not fully appreciate her art until he tried to do it himself. I find this true of design. Even though it may look easy to do, it is not in fact all that simple.
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