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Over in the Core77 Discussion Forums Matthew Proulx asked if a career in design was right for him? With no way to really answer that accurately I developed a check list:
1) You buy something just to take it apart.
2) You spend hours aimlessly wondering around hardware stores just looking at fasteners.
3) The first thing you do when you pick up something you like is say a way it could be better.
4) You compulsively draw things from you imagination to the point where others think it might be a problem.
5) You just know how to fix stuff, hack stuff, and jerry rig things.
6) You can quote just about any line from Star Wars Episodes IV - VI.
7) You know what "Ironman CAD" is.
8) You know at least 3 of the following people or companies: Jonathan Ive, James Dyson, Muji, Raymond Loewy, DWR, Herman Miller, Eames, MacGyver.
9) You own old things that don't work just because you like them.
10) A conversation with your friends sounds like a Top Gear episode.
Add you own over in the forum!
Comments
Michael, Well done! you made me laugh at my self...
I would just change the following
5) You just know how to fix stuff, hack stuff, and feel like you could jerry rig anything, even a rocket ship!
LOL
Great, right when I was thinking about how much I dislike my current company (job's great, company not so much) and how nice a return to plain, comfy print design might be (NOT jerry-rigging stuff, not dreaming in laser engraver, no more splinters and blood blisters), this reinforces everything I fear about myself. Sigh, fate. Anyone want a jaded self-taught CNC expert? Anyone?
Funny :)
#6 is way off! I think that just makes you a nerd.
What about the fine art aspect of it?
Why do I feel like all these are describing a male and not a female?
What about fashion!? Design IS fashion.
"industrial designer"- not "fashion designer" ;) some off us dont even care about fashion- sad but true ;)
Agree with Carolina Zhang, #6 is not really required. Sadly, this confirms a lot of suspicions I have about about myself. The more disposable crap I see, the more I value a timeless and durable object culture.