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Primary design concentration:
Previously Information Design
Most preferred tool for designing:
Colored paper and my X-acto blade,
and self-healing cutting mat
1. How and why did you choose to
become a designer?
I like to visually organize information.
I like when things make sense
when I look or read them. Design allowed me to make
a living
while doing something I enjoyed.
2. Challenges you encounter as a
designer and how do you deal with them?
Just starting. I deal with it by
just giving myself a chance to explore
and arrive at a solution, not forcing it.
3. Your definition of an “elegant
solution,” that is, good design?
Form and function. Beautiful and
timeless.
4. From skills to values, what makes
a designer successful?
His/her ability to see what the
client needs even when the client doesn’t see
it. Questioning why something is the way it is is
important.
5. How do you stay motivated and
grow personally and professionally as a designer?
I keep a binder of images/things
that I am inspired by, or things I want to try
and make.
6. For those aspiring to become
a designer, whatever the discipline,what is your advice?
Be observant of the world around
you. Don't take yourself too seriously.
7. What is your quest in design?
Quest in design? Professionally
I’m not sure where I want to go. I have an
opportunity to follow a different path. I started
somewhere, but I am
not ending up where I thought I might. What's important
is to use what I know
from design and apply it to whatever I make.
Based in New York, New York,
Michelle Joy Gadrinab’s current job title is
“Mama”
to her three children with boundless energy and endless
inpiration.
Image courtesy of morgueFile
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