My Experience in Design Class

If we examine our existence through a dichotomous lens of internal and external experiences, it is easier to understand the importance of graphic design. Everyone, to some extent, is trapped within themselves. There is me in here, and you in there—a separation exists. We find common ground in the external world where there are certain rules that most of us have agreed to play by. Graphic design functions as a catalyst for either strengthening or disintegrating these rules. It screams, “Continue! Begin! Stop!” The graphic designer must work through the external world, understand its rules, and journey through their internal world in search of a project’s solution. If the solution is successful,

The pencil liberates my stresses and sorrows. Bare and unimpeded, my mind is able to isolate itself from anything that was happening in my life. At my art table, which is merely an escape from reality, my curiosity is able to wander. Within this room, five blank canvas's look in on me as I become a mold of my imagination. A step inside my world develops into a sea of color and exploration. The vibrancy of the walls resonates throughout. Over the years, my room has served as my oasis. It’s my escape from monotonous and mundane routines. It’s my exploration of another side of me. I observe such works of art almost as much as I create. Taking notice of my classmates’ innovations and inspired by their creativity, my paintbrush begins to alleviate stress. I strive to produce pieces others will appreciate, but often find myself to be the true admirer. My pride, in this world, is driven simply by my own curiosity to express myself. I credit this side of me as the “passion” that supplements my insane drive for success. This passion has sparked critical thinking in me as well as how I see failure. Life is a blank canvas and you can truly draw whatever you want, and if you fail, you start over and don’t make that same mistake again! Hard work takes ideas quite far, but true success is derived from ingenuity and the generation of

For the entirety of the fall semester, I took on a project to create a three-page layout for a fictional campaign in National Geographic magazine about endangered species. The goal was to create different content for my portfolio, challenging my skills in photography and photo-manipulation. I transformed people into animals and used gel lighting and Photoshop to create my artwork (see Appendix A figure 1 & 2). At the end of the semester, I reviewed my completed pieces and two theorists best fit my creative process, Julie Burstein, and Teresa Amabile. Julie Burstein discusses the best way to foster creativity is by ‘letting go’ she outlines this in four lessons (Campbell and Dubois, “Artist Best practices” 25). These lessons include experiences, challenges, limitations and loss (Campbell and Dubois, “Artist Best practices” 25). While Teresa Amabile discusses how the theory of creativity is fostered through her componential model of creativity (Campbell and Dubois, “On theories of” 14). These include domain-relevant skills, creative thinking skills and motivation (Campbell and Dubois, “On theories of” 14). Both of these theorists go hand in hand providing me with the framework for my best work. This essay will discuss how Amabile’s theory for intrinsic motivation and Burstein’s lesson of experience and loss, align in my creative process to be conducive to my work.

Although my friends assured that my design was appealing, I still doubted myself. Many of my classmates complained about how our previous class shirts looked, and I was afraid that they would say the same things about my own design. All these different opinions clashed wildly in my head. Thus, rather than being courageous and submitting my design regardless of what people may say, I didn’t function as I should have; I put sending my design off until the deadline finally passed. After the other designs were revealed and voting was over, I learned that I should be braver to stand firm for what I believe in, even if there are other opposing viewpoints. Those who did submit their design probably felt really good because they were courageous enough to take a chance instead of giving into what others’ opinions even if there was only one chosen design in the

The document is officially published on October 14, 2015 and posted on the LinkedIn blog page. The discipline of this document would be used in a journal that is related to any field of design. Design students and professions would use this document for building self-esteem and the inspiration for understanding designers’ difficulties in the reality.

Coming to college has been a strange and great experience. It has opened my eyes to everything I capable of and every opportunity I could have coming my way. Many places I go are very important in everything that I will come to be throughout college, such as my other classes, but one place in particular has impacted me greatly through the three weeks I have been here. I will tell you just how important the design college, and every opportunity that comes with it, is to me.

The direction of my art-making has changed considerably since I started my BFA at NSCAD. My path until then had not exposed me to many of the possibilities within the arts and my practice was quite limited. Almost every single professor here has impacted how I think and see the world around me. I have been given tools for critical thinking and techniques to express my ideas. I have been repeatedly, and sometimes reluctantly, forced out of complacency and comfort and this has always led to growth.

Living as an eighteen-year-old refugee in another country taught me how to be independent, resourceful, and hardworking, but more importantly, it enabled design and engineering to develop a strong presence in me. Whether the circumstances were positive or negative, the underlying principle and outcome were the same – my passion for design and engineering was strengthened.

“The artist is the compass which, through the raging of the storm, points steadily to the north，” said by Romain Rolland. If people could give an accurate concept of art , then it was better to say that art gave the artist a firm goal and motivation. At a young age, I did not have a deep understanding of art. In my memory, drawing a few pictures of comic and having art classes in my elementary school in China that was the closest way to learn art. Although I liked painting, I did not choose it as my major in my high school and university without the support of my family. However, fortunately I had a good chance to live and study in New York with my family in the winter of 2014. If I could not learn painting that was a kind of regret in the first two decades of my life, then I might have the opportunity to make up for this regret in after years. I was very grateful to the art to bring my enthusiasm, so I could firmly choose the art design as a new professional in QCC and have more opportunities to learn about art.

I have always been known as an athlete. My parents were both avid athletes in their youth, and throughout middle school I participated in every sport I could. Throughout high school, as line one signals in tennis and the starting striker on the soccer team sports seem to define me, however, there is more to me than running around on a field every day after school. Every Wednesday, I can be found in Yearbook club creating layouts, editing photos, and collaborating with my fellow editors. Not long after joining yearbook I discovered that I was able to express my creativity in a way sports had never let me. I had always dabbled in the arts, but yearbook was my first time committing to my creative side and allowing myself to innovate with design.

For years, my activities, personal hobbies, and leisurely readings have led me to have a deep and passionate interest in all things design. From watching

I have loved design for as long as I can remember. As a child, my favorite playtime activities were drawing, crafting, building with legos, or assembling my erector set; I always liked creating the scene more than playing the game. I am attracted by diverse facets of design; whether I am creatively arranging spaces within a structure, fitting together the wooden limbs of a table I have crafted, or laying the pages of a book, I love the challenge of taking a jumble of ideas and making them into something cohesive and beautifully presented. What attracts me most to design, however, is the human aspect. I love collaboration and I have spent my education and career as a designer focused on bringing people to the center of my work. The best kind of design is multi-disciplinary, participatory, and hands-on; when everyone contributes ideas and gets their hands dirty, the end result is more likely to be both

“Yale is the place that endowed me with the confidence and the grand scope of the world that a young designer needed to excel and make a difference in the real world.” – Yansong Ma. Yale University (M.Arch ’02).

The rationalization of how interior design can be affected by the design thinking process is

The fashion design career, has recently emerged as one of the most popular and competitive among young people. Those who actually succeed in design have a very individualistic personal style and don’t follow trends set by others. Having fashion design as your profession sometimes allows you to meet glamorous people. It can also put you in charge of what is in and out when it comes to clothing through ramp shows and fashion write-ups. Most designers have a great social status, and are accepted by everyone. However, There are many aspects which may or may not help you choose it as your career.