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...

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...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? Looking back on my childhood, I was always attracted to creative subjects such as art and design, so there was something engrained there from the beginning. However, it wasn't until I was 15 that my school's career...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? Well, I didn't really decide to be a designer. I stumbled into it. I remember wanting to be a cartoonist. I loved Garfield as a kid and my cousins took me to the state fair as a kid, I was probably about 7 or 8 and...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? Kind of by accident. I was in school for Landscape Architecture, but spent more time designing the development signage & pitch decks rather than making sure my landscape designs actually worked! I was doing graphic...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I wish I could say 'I was born with design in my blood!' but that would be a lie! I've always been creative: I adored art and design and technology at school; I actually started a degree at Loughborough University...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? Probably early teens. I was always very interested in art in general, drawing and doodling. I remember sketching magazine ads as a kid. Drawing out the text and everything. One of my high school teachers said to me...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I’d say it was in my late teens. I played bass in a band, and the duty of creating our show posters, website, album art, and other elements. This also introduced me to business as I had to book shows, negotiate...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I was honestly 9 years old and in the third grade, I believe, living in Wichita, Kansas USA. I was constantly getting into trouble with my elementary school teacher for constantly drawing in class before, after and...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I would have to give my parents credit for recognizing my creative talent at a very young age. They encouraged me to express myself to the point of me winning every contest my work was submitted in. When I went to...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I actually didn’t realize I wanted to be a designer until part way through my first year of design school. Originally, After High School my plan was to go to university and learn how to produce television...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I’ve always loved old packaging, cheap ads in comic books, and album artwork. I just didn’t realize it was a career. The first time I got excited and felt empowered to experiment with design was when I purchased...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? The turning point in my life was less about when I decided I wanted to be a designer and more about when I realized that I didn’t have to pursue a traditional career to make a living. This decision enabled me to...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I was sitting in a Calculus 2 class my freshman year of college studying to be an electrical engineer. I was one of those kids who really cared about getting good grades, and for the first time in my life, I wasn’t...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? There wasn’t really one defining instance. I would love to have a lightbulb moment story to share but it was more of a slow burn for me to realise something I loved so much would become my career. I have loved...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I think I always knew I wanted to create stuff, and it was only in senior school I realised that would be under the title of designer. For a while I toyed with photography, product design, even landscape design! But...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? Back in Spring 2015, we had our first son. I was working a super low pay job and started panicking that we wouldn't be able to provide since they wouldn't give any promotions at the time. At some point, I stumbled...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I always loved drawing when I was growing up. I’d spend hours sitting in front of objects sketching and would often distort their appearance so that their character was accentuated in some way. This then lead into a...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? My father was an engineer and I was always impressed with his ability and accomplishments. Growing up though, it seemed my abilities were stronger on the creative side. This led me to pursue fine art, not knowing...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? At the end of 2016, I went through quite a big shakeup in my life and decided that it was time to really put all my time into something I was passionate about. That thing turned out to be graphic design. 2. How did...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I think I have always been a designer, I still believe that we are all born with a natural lean towards a certain talent, mine seemed to be artistic and creative. Saying that, as a kid I always wanted to be an...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? As a young kid I was always interested in drawing, and reading comic books. Whilst at school, I knew I wanted to do something with art, but I wasn’t sure what exactly. At high school one of my art teachers used to...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I graduated from Otis College of Art and Design in 2005 majoring in Communication Arts. In 2010 focused on my graduate studies California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in 2010 majoring in Graphic Design. In the...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? From a young age, art was so fascinating to me. I could sit down and draw for hours and hours at a time and never bat an eye. After starting a lawn care business at 14 years old with about 10 clients, I’ve always...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I think I only belatedly realised that I *was* a designer long after I was already doing it. I drifted into a design role from an unconventional background. I was a English / History of Art graduate and my very...

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? I spent a lot of my early years playing with design / publishing packages first on the Amiga and then on PC. I’ve always enjoyed using a computer to create things, not just design, but music, video and writing too....

1. When did you realise you wanted to be a designer? After studying advertising at college, I struggled with motivation to enter the industry. Instead I got a job at a reprographics studio, my first encounter with the apple mac and the beginning of my journey to...