How to become a better designer?

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I gave a presentation for the 2014 graduation class of Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology on how to become a better designer. The idea was to teach by example and show how products become iconic, designers famous and what to avoid or do to get there.

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⼤大家好!Hi, Everyone!

Beijing, June 2014

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Design is about impact

SHANGHAI

HELSINKI

DUSSELDORF

BEIJING

SINGAPORE

KUALA LUMPUR

DUBAI

GUANGZHOU

LOS ANGELES

Silicon Valley

奥美

柏林

⼲⼴广州⼲⼴广州

圣莫尼卡 赫尔⾟辛基

北京

杜塞尔多夫

柏林

I’m a designer. Who can’t draw. Unfortunately.

I design Products

Teams Ads

开始吧!

3 x 3 x 3timeless designs design geniuses ways to become a

better designer

1/3timeless designs

1957年

Max Miedinger with Eduard Hoffmann

The aim of the new design was to create a neutral typeface that had great clarity, no intrinsic meaning in its form, and could be

used on a wide variety of signage.

In 1960, the typeface's name was changed to Helvetica (meaning Swiss in

Latin) in order to make it more marketable internationally.

Helvetica is among the most widely used sans-serif typefaces

2/3timeless designs

1963年

Ferdinand Alexander Porsche1935 - 2012

He began studying industrial design in Ulm, Germany, but after a year was dismissed by the examination board, because his talent

was doubted.

An exclusive sports car that sold more than 800.000 units over 50 years.

It is among the most successful competition cars ever.

Designers need to be part engineer.

3/3timeless designs

1955年

Coco Channel1883 - 1971

Chanel, recognizing that modern women needed to have their hands free while attending social functions, designed a double-chain shoulder strap, something

common in downmarket products, but rare in luxury circles at the time.

What can we learn from

3timeless designs

{iconic

premium global simple

one designer

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Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man, a man of "unquenchable curiosity" and

"feverishly inventive imagination”. !

He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person

ever to have lived.

2/3design geniuses

Raymond Loewy

Font and color scheme of air force one were designed in the ‘60s for President Kennedy

Much of his early career was spent designing locomotives for outfits like the Pennsylvania Railroad company

In an extensive partnership with Coca-Cola, Loewy was responsible for a significant redesign of the iconic glass bottle, though his most original work came when designing vending, soda, and ice dispensing machines

Royal Dutch Shell company has always been represented by the image of a seashell, but it wasn’t until 1971 that its logo took on the more geometric form by which it is known around the world today.

3/3design geniuses

Karl Lagerfeld

The first collection was poorly received.

"The press booed the collection"

Isla Moda

80岁

Lagerfeld owns a red point Birman cat named Choupette, which, on 1 June 2013, he indicated he would marry,

were it legal.

What can we learn from

3design geniuses

}visionary

multiple talents no 9 to 5

passionate sometimes weird (which is good)

3 x 3 x 3timeless designs design geniuses ways to become a

better designer

1/3ways to become a

better designer

and don’t check your mobile every 5 min.

Stop multitasking

2/3ways to become a

better designer

天天练习~10.000 hours of practice

3/3ways to become a

better designer

You know that what you need to do is possible to do, even though

difficult, and sense of time disappears. You forget yourself. You feel part of something larger.

And the most important thing of all:

LOVE WHAT YOU DO

谢谢 ⼤大家!

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