Task08.2: Ten things I have learned
01. Start with what you know; then remove the unknowns.
In design this means “draw what you know.” Start by putting down what you already know and already understand. Sometimes I panic when faced with something I do not know and cannot control. Forget about it. Begin at the beginning. Then work on each unknown, solving and removing them one at a time. It is the most important rule of design.
02. To make a your own future plan
In university, teachers just teach knowledge, but you will leave university and have to face society, so now I must be prepared and have a clear long-term goal.
03. Research is important
In each project, we need to take a long time to do research, not only skills training is also a good learning process, also determine your final completion of the project results.
04. Be able to handle irrelevant criticism
When in university, I learn a lot from getting criticized by my teachers and classmates. Obviously they have some design skills, sometimes more than myself. I should learn to deal with the criticism, should have the common sense to know that their criticism is useful.
05. The printer will stop working when you need it the most
Need to print my design to go hand in my works? Chances are that printer will chose that moment to die. Make sure I have some friends or working partners willing to help in these cases. This is a necessary contingency measures.
06. Learning design is an ongoing process
Getting diploma doesn’t mean that your design education is over, far from it. As a designer should stay up-to-date with the latest trends, software updates and industry news, or I’ll quickly lose touch.
07. Should backup your data on a regular basis
Most people learn this the hard way, the day their computer crashes. Usually it happens at the worst time, before a deadline or something similar.
08. Share with others
The teacher Let us write a blog, I think this is a good medium to communicate with others, you can either express your own views, there can be more useful things to share, broaden your horizons.
09. Before the work , make an plan
When in university, the teacher sets the deadlines for you and tries to give you enough time. But when you get job after you finished your course in university, your boss or your client will not be like the design teacher, they will try to push you to be more productive and give you too little time to get work done. So now I start to develop my working plans for each project. In my own failures of view, should not the make the same deadline that teacher gave to you set for your own project plan, there will be unexpected things often interfere with your deadlines. Good design takes time, don’t set too tight deadlines.
10. Self-summary
Every time a project is completed, should meet and talk with the teacher alone. The teacher would ask me a question like, “You do your job satisfaction?”
I think this is a very good question. After each your project, I should ask myself whether the right of this work seems good, if not satisfied with it, should find out where there are shortcomings, the future as to avoid these mistakes happening again.
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