Comments on: 3 Design Education & Career Tips http://www.rikcatindustries.com/2008/01/10/3-design-education-career-tips/ The Portfolio of Rik Catlow Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:54:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Tag http://www.rikcatindustries.com/2008/01/10/3-design-education-career-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-286 David Tag Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:59:53 +0000 http://www.rikcatindustries.com/2008/01/10/3-design-education-career-tips/#comment-286 Rik, Great information and feedback on best practices to share with others. I admire your interest to guide designers, artists and others looking towards their career potential. As for school, having a degree gets you in the door. Your work experiences and abilities is what allows you to advance yourself based on abilities. MO Best wishes, ~ David Tag Rik,
Great information and feedback on best practices to share with others.
I admire your interest to guide designers, artists and others looking towards their career potential.

As for school, having a degree gets you in the door. Your work experiences and abilities is what allows you to advance yourself based on abilities. MO

Best wishes,

~ David Tag

]]> By: Joshua Powell http://www.rikcatindustries.com/2008/01/10/3-design-education-career-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Joshua Powell Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:10:52 +0000 http://www.rikcatindustries.com/2008/01/10/3-design-education-career-tips/#comment-282 Great article. I completely agree with you on your first point, regarding a formal education. I also started at a small art school, however I transferred to a two year school. This taught me what I needed (Computer Applicaitons) to get an entry level position as a Production Designer, and I did just that. I ended up at a crappy advertising agency with a group of overrated ad execs and designers. Poor work, poor client relations. Since then I have left the agency, and joined a much smaller studio closer to home. On a day to day basis I can see how a 2-year school was able to help me, however everyone else has a 4-year degree from a school with a solid design program, and there courses, unlike mine, were design oriented, vs. production oriented. The portfolio is what counts, not the degree. My advice as well, the knowledge you will be able to acquire from a solid 4-year program in design, is no match for a 2-year associate focused on learning the design-oriented computer applications. Great article.

I completely agree with you on your first point, regarding a formal education. I also started at a small art school, however I transferred to a two year school. This taught me what I needed (Computer Applicaitons) to get an entry level position as a Production Designer, and I did just that. I ended up at a crappy advertising agency with a group of overrated ad execs and designers. Poor work, poor client relations.

Since then I have left the agency, and joined a much smaller studio closer to home. On a day to day basis I can see how a 2-year school was able to help me, however everyone else has a 4-year degree from a school with a solid design program, and there courses, unlike mine, were design oriented, vs. production oriented.

The portfolio is what counts, not the degree. My advice as well, the knowledge you will be able to acquire from a solid 4-year program in design, is no match for a 2-year associate focused on learning the design-oriented computer applications.

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