being a designer
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Well-rounded. BEING a designer. Nurturing talents | Developing skills | Building strengths| Keeping good habits. Note Sketching Graphic facilitation Pen mind dump sketchbook doodle Sketching from Life Pencil Idea sketching Paper Formal training art school. Talent+ skill. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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BEING a designerNurturing talents | Developing skills | Building strengths| Keeping good habits
Well-rounded
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Note Sketching Graphic
facilitation Pen mind dump sketchbook doodle Sketching from Life Pencil Idea sketching Paper Formal training art school
Talent+ skill
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Paper Hi-low fidelity
Flash Flex HTML CSS Javascript wireframes
mockups User testing rigor multiple iterations
Skill
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Styles trends
Inspiration creative brief textures
patterns Color Palette Visual appeal Physical artifact Typography Client buy-in Personality
MoodSkill
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Presentation concepts
Articulation Scenarios defensive Devil in the
detail defending ideas Sell tell stories devil’s
advocate Faith
Talent + skill
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People connections
Listening User
observation User interviews business needs Creative
brief critiquing
Strength + skill
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GROWING as a designer
Keeping current | Being Social | Pushing Innovation | Leading
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6 staying focused current creativity & serendipity Time management To-
do lists Plan write read feeds Procrastination
Managing time & talent
Bonus slide!Bonus slide!
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7 developing contacts
new business new knowledge cross-pollination of ideas
pushing innovation design entrepreneurship
Networking
Bonus slide!Bonus slide!
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Okay, gotcha. What next?
Online resources | Books | Education
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In the cloud/Blogospherehttp://adaptivepath.com/ideas/newsletter/Interesting use of sketching-http://www.gogamestorm.com/?p=42Empathy mapping-Why Designers Fail and What to do about it – presentation by Scott Berkun (Making a point
about pitching)http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/04/24/seven-must-see-web-design-videos-and-presentations/
-http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2008/12/why-mood-boards-matter/Nice article on Mood-boarding-Web designer resourceshttp://www.smashingmagazine.com/http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/
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Good old bookshttp://www.thebackofthenapkin.com/Solving problems with pictures by Dan Roam
Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design by Bill Buxton-http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/prototyping/Prototyping: A Practitioner's Guide by Todd Warfel-Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner's Guide to User Research by Mike Kuniavsky-IdeaSelling: Successfully Pitch Your Creative Ideas to Bosses, Clients & other Decision Makers by
Sam Harrison
Going the whole hoghttp://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/http://www.nid.edu/http://srishti.ac.in/http://ciid.dk/http://www.design.cmu.edu/show_program.php?s=2&t=3
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Thank you!http://vimeo.com/8362481
Designers’ journey from Sketchbook to final product.