Top 10 Things They Never Taught Me in Design School
Design Observer reprints
Michael McDonough’s Top Ten Things They Never Taught Me in Design School.
They're more about wisdom and maturity than elegant hacks, which is why they don't teach them in design school (or most schools). Too bad.
10. The rest of the world counts.
If you hope to accomplish anything, you will inevitably need all of the people you hated in high school. I once attended a very prestigious design school where the idea was “If you are here, you are so important, the rest of the world doesn’t count.” Not a single person from that school that I know of has ever been really successful outside of school. In fact, most are the kind of mid-level management drones and hacks they so despised as students. A suit does not make you a genius. No matter how good your design is, somebody has to construct or manufacture it. Somebody has to insure it. Somebody has to buy it. Respect those people. You need them. Big time.
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Posted by johndan at April 5, 2004 03:02 PM
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