Alaric King@alaric_king

alaricking.co.uk

Inspiration good. Imitation bad: developing your digital design mojo.

Doing your job as a visual designer / digging yourself out of hole

What is a visual designer?

Who do i work for?

Who do i really work for?

Common mistake:

Looking for inspiration first.(Dribble / Behance / Design Blogs)

Step #1

Do some thinking away from the screen...

Who is your demographic?How do we want them to feel about this product/service?

Step #2

Once in the mindset, try to look offline.

History may have solved this problem before.

Printed material is often better curated.

Step #3

Collect and organise.

Be a magpie.

This helps with burn out too...

Step #4

Start playing (Designing).