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 Martin

James Martin

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? That's a very good question and one I still don’t really know to this day. I have always been creative and “arty” and ended up “falling into” graphic design in all honesty. I went to college and did an Art...

Aaron Draplin

Aaron Draplin

1. When did you realize you wanted to be a designer? It was right out of high school. I didn't really even know what a graphic designer was, but I knew I wanted to be into art. It goes all the way back to skateboarding. We were making our own grip tape graphics, our...

Gyor Moore

Gyor Moore

1. When did you realize you wanted to be a designer? My parents often tell me that when I was a kid I was always drawing. Mostly comic characters, and I would create stories around them. I think this was the first hint of me being into design and storytelling. It was...

Matthew Encina

Matthew Encina

1. When did you realize you wanted to be a designer? When I was 5 years old, in school, I played with Legos a lot. I loved building cars and spaceships, and was so particular about the forms I build and the bricks and colors I chose. When other kids tried to play with...

Jeroen Van Eerden

Jeroen Van Eerden

The following is an interview with Jeroen Van Eerden. Jeroen is a passionate logo and identity designer. Based in Groningen, The Netherlands, he has worked as an independent designer for more than 150 companies worldwide over the last 8 years, some of the more notable...

Michael Janda

Michael Janda

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I was always into art and creativity. Doodling, comic books, imagination…even a stint with Dungeons and Dragons during my middle school years. When I was in high school I thought “commercial art” (now called graphic...

Brendan Dawes

Brendan Dawes

1.When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I don't think I ever did. To be honest I never really thought about what I wanted to do, though maybe something creative or involving making things in some way. I really got into design as a side-effect of being into...

Colleen Gratzer

Colleen Gratzer

1.When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? Very early on. My parents would always say that I was born with a pencil and drawing tablet in hand. I was always drawing. I was especially big on drawing people’s faces and houses—two completely unrelated things,...

Christophe De Pelsemaker

Christophe De Pelsemaker

1.When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? At the age of 16/17, we had some moments during school which were devoted to talk about our interests and what we would like to study after we got out of school at the age of 17/18. Like many students, I didn't had...

Steve Raboin

Steve Raboin

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? When I was wrapping up my 4-year enlistment in the United States Marine Corps. I had already studied illustration for two years before I went in. When I started looking into returning to...

Danny  Matthews

Danny Matthews

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? Since I was a kid, whenever someone asked me what I wanted to be when I was older I used to alternate between: Cartoon Voiceover, Designing Cars or Making Toys (I’m such a kid). Unfortunately I lost my way after...

Shane Rielly

Shane Rielly

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I have always been what others would call 'a creative person' so I guess I have naturally always looked for outlets and ways to exercise that. If I got a skateboard, surfboard, pencil case, or just about anything...

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