Interviews with top designers

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? Well, fresh out of University I worked at two big design / marketing firms. If I’m honest, it wasn’t really an enjoyable experience. The tea-round took forever. I felt under pressure a lot of the time and that I was...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I never planned to be an illustrator. I did geography at university and then a Masters in Real Estate. 2. How did you get started and what was the biggest hurdle you overcame? I got into illustration in my early...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a freelance designer? I was employed at an agency and had just come back to work again after maternity leave. I struggled for a year or so but often found myself driving in the bus lane to get home in time to fetch my son from...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I’ve always known that I wanted to do something creative, but I’ve never wanted to be a freelancer (and I never have been one). I’ve known from the beginning that what I wanted to do required collaboration with...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a freelance designer? Ever since secondary school, aged 13, I can't remember the exact moment but I did graphics at school and enjoyed it so much I started a business doing it. 2. How did you get started and what was the...

1. When did you realize you wanted to be a freelance designer / self employed? I first started thinking about it around 1998 or so when I had my first art rep and was doing a lot of freelance illustration work while I worked at Upper Deck in California. Then in 2002...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a freelance designer? To make a long story short – I started teaching myself web and graphic design freshman year of high school. A friend and I had a comic and cartoon animation series that we wanted to share with the world....

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a freelancer? I always wanted to be one, something about working in your underwear, making your own hours and playing bad music as loud as you want just sounds so appealing. It wasn’t until I got my first big editorial client...