Learn to be a better designer from over 112 Global creatives
We’ve been interviewing your favourite designers to learn how they started, how they grow and what makes them successful
James Barnard
When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I came to graphic design late in the grand scheme of things. I worked as a researcher for a database when I first left university and moved to London, and as part of my job I was tasked with creating a company...
Carsten Glock
When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? It’s hard to pinpoint an exact moment. Drawing floorplans of huge buildings when I was six or seven is probably one of my first creative memories, but back then I didn’t really know what a designer was. I think the...
Sarah Fleming
1. When did you realise you wanted to get into the creative industry? I very much doubt he’ll ever see this, but I owe a lot to my art teacher at secondary school. He opened up the possibility of turning something I was talented at, but saw as a hobby, into the...
Kurt Kretten
1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I was a comic book nerd. I wanted to be a comic book artist. And I don’t think I ever wanted to be a designer, but in High School I started to have an itch for telling stories that was never satisfied by art....
Ilya Sizov
1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? As a teenager in the late 90s, which was a time famous for its cultural (or, to be precise, subcultural) trends. Back then, I was listening to nu-metal and dreaming of playing bass and having a pair of aggressive...
Andy Sexton
1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? The creative arts were neglected to the point of irrelevance throughout my (grammar school) education. Growing up disliking school immensely, there was always an anti-establishment aura around art, music and design...
Sara Urasini
1. When did you realise you wanted a career in design? My interest in art and languages began at a young age. Growing up in Italy everyone starts to decide their career paths at sound 13 years of age. I thought about pursuing languages as my best career option. I...
James Wood
1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I remember it was in my later years of high school. We had an IT project to setup a database for a local business. I selected a local Golf Course and spent more time redesigning the crest and colour scheme than the...
Kady Sandel
1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I was 12 years old when I told my mom that I would like to “make a billboard.” At that time, she didn’t understand what I was talking about, so she asked me “Like… you want to be a construction person?” ? So, we dug...
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Where and How to Use Icons in Your Designs
Just about every app and website uses icons. In fact, you’ve probably used then in many projects, but why did you use icons and how do you know you used them in the right places? That question keeps even the most experienced web and app designers scratching their...
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I love listening to and creating graphic design podcasts. It’s a medium that provides options to go deep and connect with an audience. In times of short messages and notifications it’s a haven of value and knowledge. I would love to guide you trought the landscape of...