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- whatthefunk0
I'm moved to the product side focusing on UX, wires, personas, flows, etc. While this isn't exactly "leaving" design it's a change for me b/c I'm not focused on executing a skin on other ideas - I'm now defining the concept. I'm really enjoying making tons of detailed and annotated wires and addressing every use case possible for web, mobile, or tablet experiences.
- ukit20
May be relevant..
- This article is awesome, thanks so much for sharingBaskerviIle
- bigbaby530
I started my time as a designer in 1999 and quit that to become a restaurant manager. Unfortunately, restaurant gig is more money.
- BaskerviIle0
I totally agree with the article above, about culture and capitalism requiring the division of labour. We have become ultra specialists in some ways with no real view of the bigger picture. In other ways, in design in particular, we've become generalists within our field.
We all have to be able to do print layouts, retouching, some photography, drawing, typesetting, web layouts, maybe some motion graphics etc.still all within quite a narrow field.Having the freedom to explore different media and approaches would be great.
- animatedgif0
This thread is fucking grim
- haha, have some hope! We're trying to expand our horizonsBaskerviIle
- Hue0
I have always wanted to open a coffee shop and secondhand bookshop combined. But I think this will always be a bit of a dream
- shellie0
I did a string of jobs that were somewhat related for 10 years, as in house staff, then freelance, then as a department head at a small agency, then for my own company which I still operate.
illustrator - designer - programmer - producer - producer/designer/programer - EP
I'll still do a freelance contract or two a year, but now I am a booking agent / sometimes tour manager / all the time talent manager. I live on tour buses half of the year. After years of long office hours I just wanted to drift for a while and it's been fun. The problem solving and budget management skills you pick up as a producer works well with managing mid level touring acts (drawing around 350-500 heads at shows nationally). Usually it's a bus load of sensitive or possibly difficult creative people on board -- not much different than keeping some balance in a design shop office.
- yurimon0
- I learnt to letterspace with transfer lettering as a kid :)BaskerviIle
- < same. i loved these.sine