Chuang, Che-Kuang
I used to hate those inspirational books such
like “From A to A+: The Secret of Apple” or “The Secret skills of Samusung
Employee”. Although I don’t doubt what these books said, but I do think all
these skills in books are not as amazing as they described, and most of them
are almost similar without slight difference. Maybe Apple and Samsung have
cooperated and trained their employees secretly for many years or maybe these
books are just copied, pasted and changed titles by the same editors.
In my opinion, I think most tips from these
inspirational books are banal and boring, but I do read some useful tips in the
book” How to grow as a graphic designer”. This book was written for young students
and young designer, teaching them how to manage their own design studio and to communicate
with their clients. It collected many senior graphic designers’ working and
practical experiences, such as Matthew Carlson, Laura Zeck and Glenn Mitsui,
etc. I am especially impressed by the experience shared by independent designer
Matthew Carlson. He sorted out his years-working experience and made some brief
and useful rules as a tutorial to give the young people some life directions.
Although I am not a graphic designer, I think
this rules are also helpful for young architects, even industrial designers.
The following are the contents which I generalized from Mr. Carlson’s writing:
1. No
matter what your jobs is, do not forget to pick up your pen and draw something -
the author means that whether your position is a supervisor or an assistant
who has to do many chores in the design company, you should spend more time in
creating if you choose designer as a lifetime career.
2. Be
skilled in some specific techniques- something like web design, poster design
or techniques like 3d modeling or 3d rendering. It may make you different.
3. Remember
to renew your portfolio regularly when you have some new works- then you have
nothing to worry when you have to hunt jobs. It is also a good way to see if
you have any progress in your professional skills.
4. Create
your own portfolio web- it is a way to demonstrate your abilities and a good
way to make people know you. The most important thing is that it could bring
you some potential clients form internet.
5. Try
to work for different companies, including small ones and large ones- It gives
you opportunities to participate in big projects when you work for a large
company; and it forces you to learn more skills and do something different when
you work for a small company.
6. Don’t
be afraid to be an independent designer- it is very important to know how to
find your own customers and to finish a design work by yourself. Experiences
such like scheduling working scripts and managing the costs of projects are priceless.
7. If
you are an employee, don’t forget to pay attention to the development of your
company- lots of designers are too focus on their design works and forget to
see the entire development of their company.
NOTE01:這次的練習因南下故晚了兩天才寫。
NOTE02: 因為實在想不到要想啥，所以將之前針對"How to grow as a graphic designer"一書所寫的心得整理翻譯了一下。等於是英-中-英的翻譯，肯定跟原意差很遠的......
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