You don't know what you don't know- with Jack Marple
09/28/23 • 33 min
In this episode we jump on a call with Jack Marple, the Associate Director of Industrial Design at Enlisted in Salt Lake City Utah to discuss design education and the top things that keep young (and old) designers from having job-winning presentation in their portfolios. We discuss eye-opening realizations we've had as educators and best practices on how to not only be able to identify good design, but apply it to your work.
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In this episode we jump on a call with Jack Marple, the Associate Director of Industrial Design at Enlisted in Salt Lake City Utah to discuss design education and the top things that keep young (and old) designers from having job-winning presentation in their portfolios. We discuss eye-opening realizations we've had as educators and best practices on how to not only be able to identify good design, but apply it to your work.
LINKS:
Follow The Variable on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheVariableDesign
Support The Variable
www.patreon.com/thevariabledesign
WEBSITE: www.thevariable.design
UPCOMING EVENTS: https://www.thevariable.design/qna
NOMINATE STUDENTS FOR SPOTLIGHT: https://www.thevariable.design/spotlight
BLOG: https://www.thevariable.design/podcast
_____________________________________________
DISCORD ►► https://discord.gg/vpypTgPEvY
TWITTER ►► https://twitter.com/thevariable_ID
FACEBOOK ►► https://www.facebook.com/thevariable.design/
INSTAGRAM ►► https://www.instagram.com/thevariable.design/
LINKEDIN ►► https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-variable-design
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Design traps we fall for and how to navigate feedback with professionalism.
In this episode of The Variable Design Podcast we dive in and discuss Sushant Vohra's LinkedIn post:
If you are a design student in 2023 don't fall for these 12 traps ↘
1) Being first in your class and thinking that design life is gonna be easy.
2) Copy pasting ChatGPT responses to comment on a post just for 'networking' sake.
3) Having those slider scales for each software in your CV (seriously drop it).
4) Writing a wall of text in a cold email to a potential employer.
5) Only having college/academic projects in your portfolio.
6) Having no internships because you want to work on your thesis, or because you didn't get your dream studio.
7) Not putting yourself out there for the fear of being judged.
8) Strong arming your peers who might eventually be in a far better place than you.
9) Only looking at design in your own country. (Yes, even if you are in a western country)
10) Not having a website or a landing page as a student.
11) Not having opinions or curiosity around things because you don't have domain authority.
12) Blaming your professors (feedback) for how a project turned out
Not only should we avoid these pitfalls, but we have to be able to be a good person and work well with team members... even if they give us feedback we don't really like.
How can you leverage interpersonal skills to come out on top? We discuss this and more with Andre Cotan.
LINKS:
Support The Variable
www.patreon.com/thevariabledesign
WEBSITE: www.thevariable.design
UPCOMING EVENTS: https://www.thevariable.design/qna
NOMINATE STUDENTS FOR SPOTLIGHT: https://www.thevariable.design/spotlight
BLOG: https://www.thevariable.design/podcast
_____________________________________________
DISCORD ►► https://discord.gg/vpypTgPEvY
TWITTER ►► https://twitter.com/thevariable_ID
FACEBOOK ►► https://www.facebook.com/thevariable.design/
INSTAGRAM ►► https://www.instagram.com/thevariable.design/
LINKEDIN ►► https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-variable-design
Next Episode
Banger actually a bust? How to handle times when you're not proud of your design work.
You won't always be able to give something 100%... heck sometimes 50% is all you've got. What do you do when you want to hit a home run, but you feel like you've struck out? In this episode we breakdown strategies for handling these kinds of situations with professionalism and share a few takeaways that will help you make those lemons into lemonade.
LINKS:
Follow The Variable on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheVariableDesign
Support The Variable
www.patreon.com/thevariabledesign
WEBSITE: www.thevariable.design
UPCOMING EVENTS: https://www.thevariable.design/qna
NOMINATE STUDENTS FOR SPOTLIGHT: https://www.thevariable.design/spotlight
BLOG: https://www.thevariable.design/podcast
_____________________________________________
DISCORD ►► https://discord.gg/vpypTgPEvY
TWITTER ►► https://twitter.com/thevariable_ID
FACEBOOK ►► https://www.facebook.com/thevariable.design/
INSTAGRAM ►► https://www.instagram.com/thevariable.design/
LINKEDIN ►► https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-variable-design
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