Saturday, March 21, 2009

What Career Industrial Designers Have to Say About Design Communications

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What piece of advice, about school or life, would you give to Industrial Design students graduating in 2010?

Lita

The old adage of it’s as much as “who you know as it is what you know” is so true. My first
job was the only one that I got the hard way. Everything after that was via someone I knew.
You must always be true to yourself as that is the person that you are building your reputation
on in your personal life as well as your professional one.


Don
Remember throughout your career, wherever you work and regardless of your title there will beone central element which will never change, your name. Everything else will change from thecompany you work with, your e-mail, your phone number, etc. You will likely be on both sidesof the table with people you meet during your career and your personal integrity is your coreasset. Treat is as such. Good luck!


Dan
Draw, draw, draw… never underestimate the power of good sketch to sell an idea.


Barry
Know many ways to communicate your ideas. Hand sketch, Sketch on a tablet, Sketch in
Photoshop, Illustrate in Illustrator, know proficiently a 3D program and if you know how to do
websites/graphics/user interface/flash or something like that then you are going to be more
valuable to a company vs. someone with just a talent to do one of these
things super weel.

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