Interacting with students and young designers has always been a fulfilling endeavor for all the working professionals at id29, one that has kept alive the notion that design education is a lifelong experience. Fostering design thinking through mentoring relationships at the local level is particularly exciting, as we get to see the designers we’ve helped nurture go on to fabulous careers in a variety of creative fields.
We regularly invite design students to tour our studio, and we participate in local student portfolio reviews and exhibitions; our involvement is a team effort.
Many of the questions and concerns young designers share today are the same we had as graduating students looking to make our mark in the professional world, with only a résumé and portfolio of student projects to get our collective feet in the door. There’s nothing different in the design industry today that makes getting—and nailing—that initial interview or client pitch any easier.
Throughout the years, We’ve collected these questions and have tried answering many of them as an ongoing project. Here are 29 of our thoughts on how to approach and interact with our culture as a young designer (in poster form.) This piece was originally tipped-in to the January 2011 edition of HOW Magazine.
Read the entire text, here.
We regularly invite design students to tour our studio, and we participate in local student portfolio reviews and exhibitions; our involvement is a team effort.
Many of the questions and concerns young designers share today are the same we had as graduating students looking to make our mark in the professional world, with only a résumé and portfolio of student projects to get our collective feet in the door. There’s nothing different in the design industry today that makes getting—and nailing—that initial interview or client pitch any easier.
Throughout the years, We’ve collected these questions and have tried answering many of them as an ongoing project. Here are 29 of our thoughts on how to approach and interact with our culture as a young designer (in poster form.) This piece was originally tipped-in to the January 2011 edition of HOW Magazine.
Read the entire text, here.