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3 Ways to Flunk Design School
When you go to Design school, you realize that there are so many other designers out there that you might get a little worried about the market and stuff like that. Well, if you use your time at school to overcome yourself, and use all the knowledge avaiable, you'll find no problems to find clients.
One thing many young designers fight are critiques from fellow designers and teachers. It can tough to go from having all your family and friends tell you all your work is awesome to your teachers and peers telling you to fix things on a daily basis.
You need to be willing to grow, trust your teachers and listen to your peers. While you don't have to listen to EVERYTHING they say you should take it all into consideration.
Your teachers will have much more experience than you while you are in school, so you need to take their advice and apply it to your work and see how it comes out. Students who fight their teachers too much on everything will not grow quickly.
Stay Inside the Box
Many designers get comfortable with a style or using certain typefaces or design elements. You must keep pushing the limits and never stop trying new stuff. Design school is the time to go crazy and lets your creative energy burst outward.
The more you try, the more you will learn and eventually you can develop your own rich design style, but even if you develop a style you should always keep experimenting well into your design career.
Show no Love
If you have no passion for design why are you even in school or considering going to school? I remember seeing people in class spending more time texting or on Facebook than using the Adobe programs.
Even if you are not in class you should be creating artwork, going to museums, reading books, attending lectures and anything else you can do. You must surround your self with design, breath design, eat design and dream about design.
If you don't feel the passion than design simply may not be for you and you should keep searching for what career will truly make you happy for many years to come.
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By Gino Orlandi from YouTheDesigner.com and the Online Printing Company UPrinting.com.
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Good article! Uh, if I go into design, I'll guess I'll make sure NOT to follow this? lol Good article tho
This quote reminds a teacher from my college...
"You must surround your self with design, breath design, eat design and dream about design."
clever words
Well said.
I totally agree!
Love this site but I have to disagree with the opening statement, "...if you use your time at school to overcome yourself, and use all the knowledge available, you'll find no problems to find clients".
I've been asked to speak at local colleges and design schools and I can say first-hand that learning design and attracting clients are 2 VERY different things. I've found most design students struggle A LOT when it comes to getting business, even though they are creative geniuses.
Going to school for design doesn't necessarily prepare you for sales and marketing - fonts, layout and color theory is one thing, learning the intricacies of how to bring in clients is another.
If you are considering a design school, make sure they have a solid program that emphasizes marketing and sales.
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I agree with the post.
I'm studying Graphic Design at University right now and I have to do a lot of personal research, but that's not a problem. It gives you a chance to learn the history of paper and print making; find out about great print making artists; and immerse yourself into vector artists from around the World. I've also researched into street graffiti art, indoor sculptures and installations, Belgian book making, Japanese style book making, various typography styles around the World etc etc.
My point is this, as the articles puts it, you really need to keep moving forward. Just because you go on Photoshop every so often doesn't mean you will have the knowledge to compete in the design market. You need to do personal research and get open the books. Inside, you can find history on art and design, as well as fantastic inspiration!
God. i love it. Tks Very Much.
I graduated in '04 and felt exactly this way. I busted my ass and milked it for everything it was worth. Most of the kids I went to school with were busy partying and getting messed up. Their loss-
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Wow nice post, really helpfull for a wanna be designer like me :)
Gongrats on the words, should be on the inspiring area !!!!
This of course does not apply to the Art Institute of Dallas... such a hack school... i regret ever attending there and paying the enormous amount of money that I did... all to have teachers that know jack shit about design or the actual professional world.
take this with a grain of salt naturally...
"Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach." - someone
4. Don't show up.
Three absences was grounds for a failing grade at the one I wen to. Lets just say I didn't go back after that quarter, got the same degree at a cheaper school with way better teachers. :D
interesting posts...
..btw, there are a lot of typo's lol...just pointing that out...
great advice, but if you're making it a career, i'd major/minor in business, or even double major (but that might be suicide!).
good article, i think that most people find it hard to find inspiration, that's why i agree with thinking out of the box, and this site is great for finding inspiration.
Hi, i study at a design school in Kortrijk (Belgium) (http://www.digitaldesignandmedia.be/).
Quite a hard education but it realy does the trick. Always think outside the box without leaving it. You can make a project with a great design that's been seen for years but you can fail with it because it's nothing new.
As for critiques, i prefer it when my teacher fire away rather when they just say: "it's ok" because they know i've spend a lot of time making it.
Great article,
cheers
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