From the Design Desk: Calling All Designers and Design Students!
2.6.12 | Jennifer Tolo Pierce | Art and Design, Design Desk
Design school. The late nights, printer malfunctions, the adrenaline of tackling mind-boggling challenges in a (seemingly) disproportionate amount of time. It’s an experience in your life like no other. But amidst this energetic blur there is the WISDOM—those gems of design insight from your teachers that burn themselves into your feverish design brains with such force that they will remain etched there forever.
As designers at Chronicle Books, those pearls of design school wisdom continue to act as guiding lights for each of us, which got us thinking. How about a book that would pay homage to inspired design teaching while also providing timeless advice for students, young designers entering the field, and, yes, even those of us with a few years of design practice under our belts?
Thus, the idea for the book Design School Wisdom was born. And we want to hear from YOU, the first-hand beneficiaries of all the wisdom design school imparts. So, we ask you: Will you please send us the one or two BIG LESSONS (rules, mantras, advice…) you have learned in design school and will hold tight for all your designing days? And if you are a design teacher reading this, we’d love to hear YOUR big lessons in your own words, as well!
To send us your design school wisdom, please email designwisdom@chroniclebooks.com. The quote should be brief and to the point, one to three lines and should include the following:
• The quote/advice/lesson as stated by your teacher (or by yourself, if you are the teacher)
• The teacher’s name and the school at which he/she teaches (if not a teacher yourself)
• Your name and contact information, along with the school you currently attend (or at which you teach)
• If not a teacher yourself, the contact information for the attributed teacher (email and phone), if available, for permissions and verification only (your name will not be mentioned when we contact the teacher)
• Brief context for the quote, if applicable
If your contribution is selected for inclusion in the book, you will receive a copy of the finished book, as well as mention in the book’s Acknowledgments.
AND if you mention “Design Desk” in your entry, you will be entered to win a copy of the fabulous Pantone: The 20th Century in Color.
We thank you in advance for your participation and look forward to sharing your design school wisdom with designers everywhere!
Jennifer Tolo Pierce
Design Director
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What a great opportunity! This book sounds very interesting. Cant wait till its available.
Whilst putting up my degree show and much stress being shown over the display the head of my degree wandered over whist I was painting the corner of my space and listened to my hectic concern about the pipes in the corner. He gave me a piece of advice I always remember when displaying my work. 'Whilst good display is paramount, if the audience is looking at the nail in the wall behind your work then your work really isn't doing its job'
So basically if the work is good then don't fret the small stuff too much.
Hope that makes sense!!
Design Desk too!
Great lesson! Thanks for sharing!
Sometimes the stuff you learned in school you will forget like why flash makes you pull your hair out and why ctrl +T is awesome!