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
Steve Waugh
1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I can’t ever remember there being an alternative to creating images in some form. I was always drawing or playing around with software as far back as Deluxe Paint. The idea of moving from still images to moving...
James Melia
1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? At school; I originally wanted to be a graphic designer, mainly because the industrial design industry is not that well represented in the education system. I knew that I wanted to be in the world of design as it...
Emily Penny
1. When did you realise you wanted to be a brand strategist? I chose to study Fine Art and Art History at uni and while I loved it, my big learning was that I didn’t want to be an artist. Design looked more interesting and I landed a job in client services. A few...
Melanie Hubert-Crozet
1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? Very early on actually! We got our first family computer when I was eight years old. I quickly discovered Publisher and I got hooked on creating my own booklets and flyers for amusement parks and travel agencies I...
Dan Mall
1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I originally went to college to be an animator, but I quickly realized how tedious it was and how bad I was at it. Flipping through the course catalog for what else I could do, I found a handful of courses I liked...
Naeem Alvi
1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I’m not a designer. I studied journalism at Falmouth University as I’ve always had a passion for creative writing. After a few years of working as a journalist, I decided I wanted to pursue a more creative...
Jo Barnard
1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I was fortunate to have Product Design taught at my school. I absolutely loved it and the teacher encouraged us to consider continuing it at university. Every single person in that class went on to do a design...
Stuart Lang
1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? At school – when I was speaking to the career advisor and I realised that Art was the only subject I was unwilling to ever drop. From there, it was just a case of working out where I would end up within the creative...
Sydney Michuda
1. When did you realize you wanted to be a designer? I had been interested in art from a young age but never felt truly at home in any specific field. In high school, I took a graphic design course and really fell in love with the subject. Later in...
Jamie Kelly
1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I’ve always loved drawing and writing, being able to start with a blank piece of paper and create something unique has always excited me, and I’m a firm believer that no sketch or word is wasted,...
Malika Favre
1. When did you realise you wanted to be an illustrator? Pretty late actually 😉 Though I have been drawing since I was a child, I first went on to study physics and mathematics and changed path at 19 to study Advertising and graphic design in Paris. After a BA I...
Dan Janssen
1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? Grow up in San Diego and skating and surfing I always loved the skate, surf and snowboard industry art and design. I knew I wanted to work in that industry or at least do skateboard graphics or apparel. 2. How...
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Quick interview with Jerrod Maruyama
1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? Like most kids, I grew up drawing. Unlike most kids, I stuck with it. I never considered going into art as a career until my senior year in high school. I saw The Little Mermaid in theaters and decided I wanted to...
Quick interview with Ian Paget
1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? Growing up I was that kid that loved art. I loved to make things, loved drawing and was interested in animation too. I used to win a lot of art competitions, and even had my drawings on TV a few times. Because of...
Quick interview with Shawn Barry
1. When did you realize you wanted to be a designer? I was always an artist, and growing up, that was where my focus was taking me. I struggled with academics in school, but excelled at art and music. It wasn't until going back to a high school equivalency program...
Quick interview with Omar Farook
1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I discovered my passion for drawing and creating stuff when I was a child; my parents would tell me how excellent I was at drawing perfect circles when I was just three. I then slowly started aspiring to become an...
Quick interview with Andy J Miller
1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer/creative? High school. I have always been a creative type, and I grew up drawing all the time, but it wasn’t until I got into the indie music scene that I discovered poster design and considered it as a career. 2....
Quick interview with Patrick Hill
1. When did you realize you wanted to be a designer/creative? Around the age of 10 I began associating creativity with individuality and, frankly, popularity. That being said, I've never felt like I was pre-disposed to "creativity". It looked natural when other people...
Quick interview with Josh Miles
1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I’ve been doing design or art in some manner since I was old enough to hold a pencil. And while I think I boldly stated in highschool that I was going to, “Own a design firm” after I graduated, I’m positive I didn’t...