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"#RealDesignersShip Is Not a Put-Down. It Is an Aspiration"
This inspired me to post some shipped product :) Thanks for being so supportive to this community Michael
Thanks for checking it out, Ryan. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for tagging!
Thanks for this. It's about we as designers stand up and go beyond the superficiality of a nice sketch (that said, I do love a great sketch as much as anyone...) I'm not sure focusing on "real designers ship" is the best way forward. From my 15+ years of experience as a designer (and yes, several millions of products shipped) for me the main point is the process and thinking behind and the process of solving a problem which is most important. Whether your products end up shipping six or six million are due to a multitude of factors. Yes, I worked on really innovative ideas, which we turned into innovative products, yet were complete commercial failures. We as designers have to stop thinking we're creating great products alone, we're not the only ones who come up with the great ideas and in the end we're only as good as our team and client. I wish we could go away from the myth of the designer as an artist working in solitude, and focus on the great team work that lies behind a good product.
"real designers ship" is a thought terminating cliche.
Something that "terminates thought" is the antithesis of design.
If you only design products, or even mere concepts, with the intent of shipping in your specific medium, you'll never solve problems that are intrinsic to the super structure you are working in.
Do we really need a niftier all glass smart phone? Or do we need a phone that won't break after you drop it once while fumbling to open your apartment door?
Which product will ship? Clearly the all glass sex machine that we've been consuming the past 12 years.
We need the phone that won't break after you drop it once... but we don't need you to write about it in the comments, we need you to ship it! :-)
So good. It's great to acknowledge real products, since a lot of social media is representing idealized people, places and experiences. As someone who's been doing this awhile, I (and my team) look for new hires with experience with getting designs into production.
Glad you liked the article and the initiative, Ken. Hiring is something I thought about including. Ive been in situations where there have been two good candidates but what made one stand out was that they shipped product. It is something we don't always have control over, but having the experience defiantly helps shape thinking. Thanks for taking the time to comment!
I'm glad you liked the article and initiative, Ken. I've been in situations where there were two evenly stacked candidates in line for a job and we selected the person that had shipped product. It isn't something we have total control over, but the experience definitely shapes thinking. Thanks for taking the time to comment!
SO refreshing. I used to be so frustrated because I was focusing so much time on work trying to bring my projects to life, while still feeling like I needed to keep up on the Instagram hustle. I then had the realization after looking at all of my favorite, and some of the most successful designers out there, that most of them had very little or no IG presence and that although it would be nice to be able to spend more time focusing on a social media presence, I would rather make kickass design that people can enjoy.
Hi Austin,
Good for you! I will post production stuff with that hashtag in the future as it becomes available. Thanks!
Thank you, Eric. Feel free to tag past products as well! We've been shipping since the industrial revolution :-)