Studio Brief 02 | Creative Presence | Engagement with the Design Industry

How to Engage with Design Professionals?

For Personal and Professional Practice 2, based on the Studio brief 02 it is required to interview a minimum of three professional designer/studios. This will help develop a greater understanding on how these professional designer/studio were able to become to there current stage of securing their job and being successful. 

By interviewing a variety of professional designers/studios, I will be able to collect knowledge and information on their professional background. Hopefully, the final product for this studio brief will hopefully be documented in a publication format. This could either be a compacted publication or separate individual publication based on each designer or studio. 

List of Questions to ask Design Professional

1) Describe your creative process?

2) How do you get unstuck creatively?

3) What project are you currently working on?

4) How much of the concepting or strategy phase have you been involved in in previous roles?

5) Tell me about a time when a client didn't like your work. And how did you resolve this situation?

6) How do you stay organised when you are provided with multiple design assets, files, and ideas?

7) What questions do you ask before you begin any design project? What information is most important?

8) Tell me about a time when you had to balance multiple competing priorities?

9) Tell me about a project you've completed that has made you the most proud?

10) What rules, culture, or structure needs to exist to foster team collaboration?

11) What’s your greatest weakness?

12) Can you tell me a bit about yourself?

13) What are your strengths?

14) What kind of design software are you familiar with?

15) What is your graphic design process?

16) What have you learned from your mistakes as a graphic designer?

17) What can you tell me about your company/brand?

18) What have you done to improve your knowledge of graphic design?

19) What kinds of print media have you worked with?

20) Can you tell me about a time when you had to work under pressure and how you overcame it?

21) What qualities do you consider necessary for a good designer?

22) What kind of design projects interest you?

23) How good are you about sticking to your deadlines?

24) How long does it take for you to deliver the final product?

25) How do you think others see your work/company?

26) Would you consider yourself a team player?

27) How do you handle criticism?

28) Can you suggest some interviews or articles that inspired you for you career choice? 

29) Which graphic designers / studios influenced your type of work? 

List of Professionals that I will consider to interview

• Digital Art Ltd - Photography Studio, Dan@digitallightltd.com
• Tough Little Graphic - Graphic Design firm, Toughlittlegraphic@mac.com 
• Kenneth Anderson - Illustrator, Kenny@charactercube.com
• Sarah Gillespie - 3D Artist, Sarahjcgillespie@hotmail.com