It's refreshing. I dislike indirectness. Say what you mean, mean what you say. The rest is irrelevant. He's not there to make you feel comfortable, he's there to teach. He's doing a great job. It's extremely efficient.
He very direct. That is a quality that a lot of speakers/teachers use to either get ideas going to express and reinforce their own. He is specifically trying to get them to think, if they used any vague terms or ideas he tried to have them expound on it.
There are lots of different circumstances that lead to the fear of rejection, either because the things you actually love doing aren't that sought out by companies or there are already a lot of competitors that specialise in that sort of field who are likely much better at the job.
@@thefutur In defence of those that do, I think, in an ultra-competitive market, artists that show a broader range of work might be preferred over those that don't. As an employer, I'd rather have one guy work on 5 projects than hire one guy for each type of project, especially if I'm a non-artist/designer who can't tell the difference between a good work of art that's done with passion and an "okay" one that's not.
He's direct and yeah a little intimidating, but I really like that he tries to get YOU to answer these questions first...to get the gut reaction. Sometimes the answers are not the ones we want to hear, but the answers we need to hear.
I don't get it either. I respect his firm attitude tho. He's basically a life coach for graphic designers lol.. He reminds me of some of my art teachers that gives you a non-bias truth about your work.
"take it outside", I think she meant that design doesn't just stop within the confines of your office/classroom, it's not just a job. Instead, design becomes a lifestyle, you live and breathe it. That's how I understood it when she said it.
Y'all. Your portfolio should tell your story. That shows your unique mark, thus reflecting your passion. It's fine to have variety as long as it reflects you. Period.
As an amateur graphic designer I find this guy very helpful. He reminds me of a professor I had in college. The quick thinking follow up questions that make you defend your own views challenges you to really define who you are as a graphic designer.
I love your style of teaching. You have a crisp and clear mind and even though I'm not in one of your classes I get what you're saying right away. I didn't find you intimidating at all, in fact, you were overly conscious about not making people feel bad while at the same time keeping their expectations realistic. That's a hard thing to balance, teachers like you are rare. You could succeed in any field and your students would have excelled. Best of luck in the future, I hope your channel grows.
This is crazy good. If only, my graphic design teacher explained that well. I'm currently working on my portfolio as a rising senior in high school. I just wanted to thank you for this wonderful video!
I would love to smoke with this speaker whilst brainstorming and exchanges creative ideas across all design aspects. Absolutely brilliant spokesman who really captures your attention and forces you to think about your work prospects, as well as how to view them in a professional manner before pre-production.
Completely agree. Thanks to those sessions you provide, the students open up and get a taste of reality and actually think more business wise than solely create. Love your videos and methods of thought process.
The simple answer to that, it's school. Writing essays to explain one simple idea all the time, makes you talk that same way instead of being direct in what you are talking or answering and keeping it simple and concise.
I'm not even a design student I'm actually going to be a freshman and Physics/Computer Science, however this video really made me think deeply about my future. The way you took their words into very careful consideration and made the students really think about what they said was very pleasant to watch and thought provoking as well. The way passion was defined has made me rethink my approach to my studies and how I want to show my teachers that I really care about that class which will in turn lead to (hopefully) getting recommendations from my teachers for internships or even jobs. Thank you for this video!!
Hi Chris, Great content as usual. Here's my own experience in applying for a design job. I'm not sure if this makes sense to you as an employer, but it works for me even though the company is not hiring. I will usually search for the company that I want to join, dig their previous works, website, portfolio..etc. Analyzed the company's future direction.. list down what they are lacking and offer/show that in my portfolio. I will show a company specific "T" in my skill set that they need; show stuff that can add value to the company.
Its nice to see older people in the room. In my country seems if you're not 20 and have focused everything on design, you'll never be a designer. I'm 30 now and doing a design related MA I still have no idea how to sort out a portfolio to any good standard and thus haven't been picked for any design opportunities
I'm an architecture student surfing through the internet for design tips for my first portfolio (the one I'll be applying to internships with) and stumbled upon this video. I've learned so many eye-opening things in advance, I got a look into the receiving end of my work and it will definitely change the course of how I've been putting it together so far. I was aware of the small number of pieces I'd be showing, but even with them, I was really just putting the drawings on the paper, trying to show my technical drawing skills, following grids to make the pages look nice or whatever, but I never realized how dull it looks. It has no story, no passion. Wow, thank you The Futur, you've really helped me avoid a lot of mistakes and embarrassment.
I Love the Hypnotic feeling of it. it is as if the eye has been hypnotized and now it is trying to hypnotize everybody it looks at:0 also the gradient around the iris is great to give it depth but the iris itself doesn't have a gradient ,it stands out, Intentional?:0 Great Answers Btw
it's cool and graphic. it's just that all your thumbnails are all across the board now. all long as you keep using futura typeface as part of the futur brand it's all good.
I know this video is a couple of years old, but I still come back to it now and again when I know I need Chris’s exact reminder. As a student ready to graduate in a couple months, I always freak out with the mindset “oh I don’t have enough to show, all I have is school work” But Chris’s talk really makes my mind feel both more at ease and ready to get get the gears grinding again! Now is the time to have our work represent us, while also applying it to how it can further improve the real world! Love the talks geared towards students, thank you!!
I enjoy coming back to this video, as my views have definitely changed with regards to passion in the workplace over the last few years. Passion is obviously overwhelmingly important, and having a drive and motivation to design is what sets the best apart, but it's important that "taking it outside" doesn't HAVE to mean bringing your work home with you every night. Your employer gets your eight hours and that should be more than enough (and if you're self-employed, you should set a timeline for your day and stick to it). Don't let work get in the way of your life; you can live and breathe design without your work overtaking your personal life with a good work-life balance. Too often employers and bosses exploit "passion" to get unpaid work out of individuals and it's a shame to see the "1,000 hours" mindset still so pervasive in the design community. It's better to put in 4-8 really driven and motivated hours over 12-15 draining, sleep-deprived, "gotta get it done" hours in the name of a nebulous idea like passion. Still a great video to come back to, if only just to remind myself that I can still be passionate and have talented work without driving myself into the ground. Thanks, Chris and The Futur. Keep doing what you're doing.
This video is FAR TOO SHORT! I loved each and every single point he made. So great how he questioned every response for a clearer and solid answer. And as I read in the comments some state he's intimidating, I, in the other hand, found him to be informative and inspirational. How so? Analyze and think WHY I do what I love to and why I invest time into it. Yes. It is an obvious answer but videos like these are like a wake up call and alert alarm to get back up and work even harder.
Thank you! I've always believed in that method. As a music theory tutor in college, that's how I would challenge the person I helped out. First show them how to do it then I would have them show me how to do it to see if he or she understood well.
The speaker's a little abrasive but it definitely sends the message across. Ive been in a depressive (lit. & fig.) state for a year after having the advertising industry grind me into dust. Took a year off to reassess my strengths, and I had to learn to repackage myself. And this video really highlights a lot of good points that nobody teaches you
When she said "take it outside" she gave very beautiful example that don't just confine yourself within the classroom but also be the student to mother nature, for color schemes, also for creating most influencing concepts, by following the processes of growth and flourishing of its own.... that is really really great I greatly admire such thinking in people...
i wish i was taught like this. I like how this guy answered a student's question by involving everyone in the room and making it everyone else's question too . It forced the other students to do brainstorming to actually find an answer for that question. I would feel uncomfortable at first, but it'd definitely make me THINK, which then i'd still remember weeks and months after. If i was there and he answer that question straight away, i wouldn't even remember it the moment i step out of the room, cause i wasn't a part of that thinking/conversation. Great teaching method - for me, at least.
love how inspired I am from this video after graduating 3 years ago in a half design degree. i have friends who have done degrees in graphic designs, fellow friends who have done a short course, I've done short courses and I ask a lot about what should and shouldn't be there. it's funny how younger and not experience in design friends and fellow mentors have suggested at least 6-8 projects of good design. whereas a senior i met who worked in for more than 10 years said 4 to me. now understanding from this video, I can clearly see what "good work" means. thank you
This man was direct and honest about what potential employers are looking for. For those intimidated, put your ego/pride aside and absorb what this man had to say. Remember, it's not about you.
This is something I recently realized is wrong with my work...My school is not competitive and I allowed myself to slip into that lull. Your words sting because they are true! It's time to do something about it. Thank you for spelling it out.
I can't stress how good this was to me. I've been a slacker more than half of my years in uni, thinking I'm pretty talented and I'm doing uni now, future is sorted - it's not. It's that every bit of extra miles that you go for that makes you stand out. I'll work my ass off to stand out in what I do this year!
I've watched this video couple times now. It is totally changing the way that I think of what a good portfolio is...I used to think that I need to or must to show that I am capable of making digital artworks, but I didn't focus on which type of graphic design that my works would fit in. In 2015, I didn't understand why my tutor from an university taught me to design a ZINE not a traditional portfolio. Since I graduated from the uni, I still try to make a digital portfolio that I would feel proud to bring it along for a job interview.
When you're a graphic designer... you design everything, you're portfolio, your resume, your website. You start designing everything that comes your way. Sounds funny and odd, but it becomes your life.
Ok he CAN be intimidating, yes, but I was smiling the whole time like yes he got a point and how his directness is effective to students, like me, who take criticisms to action and that was so refreshing to see. To be mentored like this is nerve-wracking but effective. From PH 🇵🇭✨
This video is remarkably helpful to graduating students. I am coming out of my program in another 4 months and the school has yet to educate us on portfolio preparation in the slightest. I had a similar perspective to the gentleman that first asked about the portfolios where I didn't necessarily think that 8 was the right number but I was still thinking 5 or 6. There is one thing that our teachers tell us and that is to have "range" in our portfolio because that is what companies and employers alike want to see. I am entirely new to the channel but I can garuntee you I have not clicked a subscribe button faster than I did yours simply because not many media outlets are promoting the perspectives and concepts you do in such a viable and professional manor. So all in all thank-you!
Your experience at Art Centre about intensity against other students is real. I was the guy who did everything DIFFERENTLY because being typically conventional wasn't enough for the course I turned up with too much and went too far. And man, alot of tutors and students alike respected, possibly hated me for it but here I am; after Studying graphic design for what i seems like more than half my life; working as one
psst.... There are A LOT not a few, but A LOT...actually a SHIT LOAD of very good to excellent designers that didn't go to Art Center (or a design school for that matter). A LOT have gone to colleges with a good graphic design program and have competed with fellow classmates. These students 'applied' themselves on every project. Don't believe me? You'll see when you enter the real world when you click on the link to your boss' or co-worker's portfolios on LinkedIn'. Thank me later. It's all about the drive, passion and understanding foundation design principles and typography.
Be a passionate storyteller first...live this both publicly and privately and in time as experience builds refinement will happen. Great video and awesome mentoring.
I don't understand why anyone is afraid of or put off by this guy. He is simply trying to instill some (gasp!) critical thinking skills. What he's trying to do is challenge their beliefs. I work in a community college and I find that many students lack confidence. My advice: Make friends with your mistakes. Take them out for coffee. Learn from them. They will guide you to your passion.
love the video super inspiring I was losing the drive for my class assignments I started hard I wanted to think outside the box I did more than what the teacher asked me to do but as the weeks went on a lot of the students didn't put their all and I thought I'm just wasting my time. why should I do 110% project's and everybody's doing 50% and the teacher wouldn't even acknowledge it that I was working harder than everybody else but your video made me realize I need to do it for myself not for them.
(bad english incoming :P) Honestly unless you're in one of the TOP Art schools out there do not put in 150% efford. ---Do what you have to do--- and put the rest of your efford into something else. I've been in Art school for 6 years and to be honest with you it's usually not a place where they improve your personal Art style/skills. As i said before unless it is a really really good school you will only learn basics and simple tricks a million people already have done before. Do what you have to do in order to pass your class, but i suggest that you go home after school and put all your efford into your portfolio/website/work that has nothing to do with school. I started working for different companies way before i was done with Art school simply because i put in enough efford to pass school but at the same time i never put in more efford than i had to. I rather spend the time at home improving my personal style and creating a portfolio/website that looks professional. A lot of people focus too much on school and once they are done with school they sit there with a basic portfolio/website and are looking for a job but you can already tell within 5 seconds after looking at there portfolio/website that it's 100% student work simply because it only includes Art that they created for the school. Sorry again for the bad spelling but i hope you understand what i'm talking about.
Skullflower perfect English to me. I understand. Not all schools and teachers are equal. I find that there's at least one good teacher. Just focus on them. Do an independent study. Be a TA for them.
I used to be the lowest rank in art class un able to paint I painted almost everysingle day . All my lunch. Holidays. Weekends. Even at work and at night 2 years later im top of class💙 passion drives you and the caliber of your thinking will lead to the quality of your work
I've been following thefutur for quite some time now and if you feel intimidated by the way Chris questions, then you have some ego problem. He educates people and doesn't treat them like the world outside school is still rainbows and butterflies. He pressures you to get the most out of your answers so you that you'll better understand what comes out your mouth. Be open-minded. The value of information he gives is priceless and profitable. I was once a dropout with a graphic design hobby, now I am earning 5 figures and recently started my own little branding company thanks to thefutur and Chris Do especially
As a highschool student I *feel* like i'm super passionate with design and this really inspired and enlightened me on the bigger picture of graphic design, thanks!
In this episode I realized how good is Chris in facilitator's hat. Also, I love the way you chunk the information so that it's not overwhelming or challenging in size. Amazing job again, guys.
Thank you for this! Throughout my college years (will be graduating next year), I haven’t been very passionate with my projects in my art and graphic design classes. Showing my portfolio will be coming very fast and I have really thought about what I should and shouldn’t include in my portfolio. Knowing that most of my works haven’t been showing my passion, I need to start by showing what I love to do than not show what I don’t love doing.
Really appreciate what you share in this video. I only completed the diploma in Graphic Design. These knowledge is very useful to me because the short term course didn't show me this. I got my first job, maybe it was lucky, but from now on, I understood what to put on my portfolio, what to show to recruiters and find a new chance in near future. Again really thank you.
One point about the video, when it comes to passion, this is something more related to the style/personality of the person than the quality in portfolio. The design area has many funtions that you can work with, some of them unrelated to aesthetic aspects, its more interesting to show what you like to do, emphasizing your main skills, always telling a good story, even a good point for Potfolios is exploring creativity when it comes to communicating and presenting your ideas and projects. Open your mind to relate who you are with the job you want.
Think of design as a acting career. Do it because it is your passion whether or not you get a call. And often those calls are from clients that are looking for a designer that will bring THEIR ideas to life but it may not be what the designer had in mind or is able to agree on. If the client could draw they won't be needing a designer so you don't want a client like this. And just like an acting career one can go through long dry spells between assignments so it is best to have a regular job to stay afloat.
Watching this because I feel lost right now. I've been a graphic designer for over a decade, and now that I have to try and get back into the work force, building a portfolio has been hard.
This content has been extremely helpful to me. Sometimes I can't understand how to get started with things because they are like a clutter in my mind. It really helps me understand my thought process and figure things out and actually get things done. I just love it ❤
I just started watching these videos and I have to say I really enjoy the atmosphere in each session. I’m starting as a freelance artist and just finished my time in the navy and I think a stressful environment can press people to show their true colors and give their real outlook on a situation! It also provides someone with low confidence to build themselves by climbing that wall of stress ! Great channel keep it up👍🏻
Very inspiring, very thoughtful. Especially the last part. In class when someone did something that I considered awesome, mentaly I made that someone my mortal enemy and tried to be better than that person. My Ego wouldn't let me do otherwise anyways.
Chris isn't intimidating. He has great interpersonal skills and if you let him lead, he will bring you to your senses. He is like Itachi Uchiha without the sharingan.
This helps a lot a bunch. The lecturers didnt help out much of the explaination of portfolio as how much passion meant something especially when work-hunting (or in my case interships). It still a worrisome for me because as proud as my work presented at the college gallery, that could help for my portfolio making later, I have low-self esteem with what I have done even when I am passionate about it and have confidence of it. Hopefully with this better understanding, I can be more confident of arranging my portfolio 😊.
why do i feel like any project or class assignment would be something that i will thoroughly enjoy exploring and executing even in sleepless nights? is this what it feels like to be passionate about something? this video is golden btw
I would like to discribe passion as knowing how to solve problems, design dont have to be that beautiful but if you aim to solve a problem that good passion.
Not really a comment about portfolios ... what I have seen after over 20 years in the business is an inability to think on their feet and produce good work quickly. On most projects/jobs/gigs, time is the one thing you don’t generally have a lot of. Good luck out there.
you are smart man, i have to make a portfolio for my new school or else they wont apply me. the explenations where really good and you know what ur talking about
Great episode! The breakdown of how passion looks on a portfolio was great. I´m editing my behance and getting my website back on. I was having a really hard time which projects to pick. Thanks for the video it has been very helpful.
I graduated in 2014. By that time I had been so over the idea of graphic design that I just didn’t apply for jobs. I barley turned on a computer for 2 years. I was so burned out by all the crap I had been taught, which where basically TH-cam tutorials. They taught us how to do stuff, but never why to do it. Never focused on problem solving or anything like that. I’m just now dusting myself off and working on a portfolio. I don’t know if I’ll ever get a design job. But at least if I do, I will have gotten it on stuff I care about.
for me passion is the combination of technique, skills, fundamentals, time and effort you put in a certain art to have a simple yet powerful result. Like what you said in order to create a perfect recipe there must be something on the ingredient or must have a different process of the way you cook in order to achieve perfect result.
loved this. Learned allot in 18 minutes! Going to Graphic Design School in September. I am an "all in" student. Excited to start. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. ....on to binge watching them all. XO
"I don't wanna be embarrassed. I wanna embarrass you. And the amount of work I'm willing to put in, the amount of ideas / of thoroughness of the exploration is where I would do it" (17:00)
Nugget I found in this video: @15:08 Chris elaborates on how many pieces he showed (back in the day) in his portfolio to get a job. "Three pieces shows a pattern. One won't. Two might. Three will (establish a pattern)" Goes on to say that a designer should show as few pieces as possible that are relevant to the job.
I’m in a program where you have to take WASH classes (2D, 3D and a version of art history) before you can be accepted into your major (I’m going for graphic design) and we just had a project where I decided to go beyond what was expected and the professor shut it down because I went beyond what he told us to do. I felt bad about it but seeing this video made me realize that it’s actually a good thing that I went beyond, and that it’ll help me out once I get to my graphic design classes.
But you know sometimes there is a problem where you just can't be specific with your passion, in my case its really complex because its not just one thing that i love, whatever involves creativity i love to do it be it digital painting, sculpting, crafting, sketching, graphics, logos, gaming, music, what do i do in this situation?
Chris, to answer you question (in 4:00 - 4:20), I know one can show passion in his/her portfolio by CONSISTENCY of the kinds of project(s) he/she work on OFTEN; how often do she/he work on a particular project (like infographics for health education flyers and books)?
I like the way he brought in the idea of an IQ test; comparing three things so that you can identify the fourth thing. Thus having three strong projects in your portfolio is an achievable goal.
My answer to how to show passion: There are many things but the biggest thing is that your work shows YOU and your personality. If you are passionate, you put yourself into your work, you can't help it. If the work you show could be done by anyone, then that is exactly what the employer or client will think and their next thought will be, then why not just hire anyone else. The major thing I would add is detail. If you are passionate, it will be apparent in the level of attention to detail in your work.
I feel so bad now, because everything he said at the end was so true. Man, I feel horrible! I am a horrible designer. I am guilty of all of this and right now I don't know if I can bite my way trough the hard designers world out there or if I should just give up... which is nonsense, because I am studying design for 4 semesters now and I am loving it. But I don't feel good enough. And if you would see my work, you would probably agree. I actually had another video from this channel at my 'watch later' list for weeks, and I was super afraid of watching it, because somehow I knew there would be this harsh truth and me feeling bad about it.
You are not a jerk, but you are very honest and sometimes I need to hear the hard truth. I think I can learn a lot from you. :) Thank you for your words.
You can re-design your projects while keeping in mind having a concept, graphic (or maybe no graphic, maybe it's all typographic or a simple graphic), well executed typography, color, and layout. You can even start a new project if you reach a roadblock. Bottom line... you CAN get better the more you design and see/understand what you're doing right as well as what you're doing wrong. I've seen designers get better anywhere from 6 months to 2 years (or more), everyone's learning curve is different.
The reason why I don't like my current art school and I will apply for a different one is, because my university doesn't demand anything. When we get an assignment I started doing much much more, br kinda being looked down on for doing so. But I'm doing the assignments to learn, and I want to maximise the amount i learn in school. When I'm leaving school, I don't want to have to start learning. But that's kinda what it feels like atm I hope when I change schools, there will be more drive in the teachers and students. That I'll be challenged more and won't have to rely to youtube to to rails as my main source of information
Is it all about the competition again? Commonnn We can all be better than this. Totally disagree on the last couple of minutes of the video, although I do agree for the rest. I do agree that Design has to be a passion to be "taken outside", which I find has not be answered thoroughly by just going beyond. Taking it outside is all about observation and enchantment, starting with looking at nature and how everything is linked. How people react, how communication outside works, how the architectural landscape forms new ways of communicating and building communities. Design is everything, and you can be easily passionate about that everything, if you are passionate about life. Please leave this competition out, no one should want to "embarrass" anyone; that is totally immature. And whoever wants to be a mentor or tutor, that is not the message to get across. Healthy competition is when you want to push yourself with an always better idea, until you come to a point you find someone as good as you and the only thing you want to do is to collaborate with that person to create something Amazing. Full stop. Design is about pushing the mental boundaries of one self to create a better future, not to win an award.
Why is this guy so intimidating, I wouldn't want to answer any of his questions.
people find my directness intimidating.
he's a douche ;)
It's refreshing. I dislike indirectness. Say what you mean, mean what you say. The rest is irrelevant. He's not there to make you feel comfortable, he's there to teach. He's doing a great job. It's extremely efficient.
Joseph B totally. Big old douche.
He very direct. That is a quality that a lot of speakers/teachers use to either get ideas going to express and reinforce their own. He is specifically trying to get them to think, if they used any vague terms or ideas he tried to have them expound on it.
"why show something that you don't like to do so you can get more of the things you don't like to do"
hit me like a brick
yet it happens all the time. mostly out of fear i think.
The Underground Rebellion same!!!
Yeah. Oddly the opposite of what I was taught in school.
There are lots of different circumstances that lead to the fear of rejection, either because the things you actually love doing aren't that sought out by companies or there are already a lot of competitors that specialise in that sort of field who are likely much better at the job.
@@thefutur
In defence of those that do, I think, in an ultra-competitive market, artists that show a broader range of work might be preferred over those that don't.
As an employer, I'd rather have one guy work on 5 projects than hire one guy for each type of project, especially if I'm a non-artist/designer who can't tell the difference between a good work of art that's done with passion and an "okay" one that's not.
Lol why are people saying this guy is intimidating? I get very friendly and positive vibes from this man
exactly.
He's direct and yeah a little intimidating, but I really like that he tries to get YOU to answer these questions first...to get the gut reaction. Sometimes the answers are not the ones we want to hear, but the answers we need to hear.
I don't get it either. I respect his firm attitude tho. He's basically a life coach for graphic designers lol.. He reminds me of some of my art teachers that gives you a non-bias truth about your work.
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Because everyone saying it is a snowflake pussy.
"take it outside", I think she meant that design doesn't just stop within the confines of your office/classroom, it's not just a job. Instead, design becomes a lifestyle, you live and breathe it. That's how I understood it when she said it.
this is how i understood it too. yuo could spend 8 hours a day working on projects and then go home and continue working on your own things
@Eric Le Exactly. I don't think the 2 that tried to explain for her, even understood what she meant.
I thought it was pretty clear what she was saying and had explained it in the most clear way possible.
same
"God is a designer"
Y'all. Your portfolio should tell your story. That shows your unique mark, thus reflecting your passion. It's fine to have variety as long as it reflects you. Period.
right!
Art is a figure of speech
@@thefutur OK I'm glad Chris is acknowledging this. :) So it can be more than three pieces, as long as every piece reflects your passion, right?
As an amateur graphic designer I find this guy very helpful. He reminds me of a professor I had in college. The quick thinking follow up questions that make you defend your own views challenges you to really define who you are as a graphic designer.
Thanks for sharing!
The intimidation level from this guy doesn’t even match some of my designer professors. I would love this guy as a professor.
This show makes me feel like someone gives a damn about that self taught designer living in the middle of nowhere.
Léon Boyd we care about you.
@@thefutur creepy
I feel you
@@ninnx3 no it's not 😂
@@kayaeki you're right. I guess I was the one being creepy.
I love your style of teaching. You have a crisp and clear mind and even though I'm not in one of your classes I get what you're saying right away. I didn't find you intimidating at all, in fact, you were overly conscious about not making people feel bad while at the same time keeping their expectations realistic. That's a hard thing to balance, teachers like you are rare. You could succeed in any field and your students would have excelled.
Best of luck in the future, I hope your channel grows.
Thank you Chris.
He's not intimidating, he's inspiring! I absolutely love him. Wish I had more people like this around me.
This is crazy good. If only, my graphic design teacher explained that well. I'm currently working on my portfolio as a rising senior in high school. I just wanted to thank you for this wonderful video!
shhmilee you're welcome.
"Forget about what they teach about in school, tell me what you feel"
Somehow, that pretty much alligns with my view on Design.
Thank you ♥
I would love to smoke with this speaker whilst brainstorming and exchanges creative ideas across all design aspects.
Absolutely brilliant spokesman who really captures your attention and forces you to think about your work prospects, as well as how to view them in a professional manner before pre-production.
- students don't know how to express themselves anymore - as he said - Words are Important.
it's not just students. it feels like society has lost the ability to communicate in complete, coherent and concise language.
Completely agree. Thanks to those sessions you provide, the students open up and get a taste of reality and actually think more business wise than solely create. Love your videos and methods of thought process.
...and end every sentence, like, it's a question? So maddening.
The simple answer to that, it's school. Writing essays to explain one simple idea all the time, makes you talk that same way instead of being direct in what you are talking or answering and keeping it simple and concise.
I'm not even a design student I'm actually going to be a freshman and Physics/Computer Science, however this video really made me think deeply about my future. The way you took their words into very careful consideration and made the students really think about what they said was very pleasant to watch and thought provoking as well. The way passion was defined has made me rethink my approach to my studies and how I want to show my teachers that I really care about that class which will in turn lead to (hopefully) getting recommendations from my teachers for internships or even jobs. Thank you for this video!!
You're very welcome!
Hi Chris, Great content as usual. Here's my own experience in applying for a design job. I'm not sure if this makes sense to you as an employer, but it works for me even though the company is not hiring. I will usually search for the company that I want to join, dig their previous works, website, portfolio..etc. Analyzed the company's future direction.. list down what they are lacking and offer/show that in my portfolio. I will show a company specific "T" in my skill set that they need; show stuff that can add value to the company.
sgtm15x that sounds genius to me. You did the work needed to fit.
Not a true native tongue here (and 1yr late to this video) but maybe someone knows it:
What is a 'company specific "T" [...]'? in the Skillset?
thx
@@CatraValentine maybe "tool" ?
@@BereniceElena 8 months later... ^^
I totally forgot about this. Yeah, maybe it's a tool?!
@@CatraValentine hahaha no question should remain unanswered! maybe if we wait another 8 months someone could confirm it lmao
Its nice to see older people in the room. In my country seems if you're not 20 and have focused everything on design, you'll never be a designer. I'm 30 now and doing a design related MA I still have no idea how to sort out a portfolio to any good standard and thus haven't been picked for any design opportunities
I'm an architecture student surfing through the internet for design tips for my first portfolio (the one I'll be applying to internships with) and stumbled upon this video. I've learned so many eye-opening things in advance, I got a look into the receiving end of my work and it will definitely change the course of how I've been putting it together so far. I was aware of the small number of pieces I'd be showing, but even with them, I was really just putting the drawings on the paper, trying to show my technical drawing skills, following grids to make the pages look nice or whatever, but I never realized how dull it looks. It has no story, no passion. Wow, thank you The Futur, you've really helped me avoid a lot of mistakes and embarrassment.
Let me know what you think of the eye illustration. Having fun with Ai this morning.
Its great. Totally drew attention on the video (Dont know why)
That's Y i clicked it.
I Love the Hypnotic feeling of it. it is as if the eye has been hypnotized and now it is trying to hypnotize everybody it looks at:0 also the gradient around the iris is great to give it depth but the iris itself doesn't have a gradient ,it stands out, Intentional?:0
Great Answers Btw
Too intrusive
it's cool and graphic. it's just that all your thumbnails are all across the board now. all long as you keep using futura typeface as part of the futur brand it's all good.
I know this video is a couple of years old, but I still come back to it now and again when I know I need Chris’s exact reminder. As a student ready to graduate in a couple months, I always freak out with the mindset “oh I don’t have enough to show, all I have is school work”
But Chris’s talk really makes my mind feel both more at ease and ready to get get the gears grinding again! Now is the time to have our work represent us, while also applying it to how it can further improve the real world! Love the talks geared towards students, thank you!!
I enjoy coming back to this video, as my views have definitely changed with regards to passion in the workplace over the last few years.
Passion is obviously overwhelmingly important, and having a drive and motivation to design is what sets the best apart, but it's important that "taking it outside" doesn't HAVE to mean bringing your work home with you every night. Your employer gets your eight hours and that should be more than enough (and if you're self-employed, you should set a timeline for your day and stick to it). Don't let work get in the way of your life; you can live and breathe design without your work overtaking your personal life with a good work-life balance. Too often employers and bosses exploit "passion" to get unpaid work out of individuals and it's a shame to see the "1,000 hours" mindset still so pervasive in the design community.
It's better to put in 4-8 really driven and motivated hours over 12-15 draining, sleep-deprived, "gotta get it done" hours in the name of a nebulous idea like passion.
Still a great video to come back to, if only just to remind myself that I can still be passionate and have talented work without driving myself into the ground.
Thanks, Chris and The Futur. Keep doing what you're doing.
"It's like a joint just keep passing it"
don't hog the mic.
I think its very smart that he uses his own employes to make him ask questions. It gets just so much more professional then a vlog or something
they're visiting students. but Appreciate it!
This video is FAR TOO SHORT! I loved each and every single point he made. So great how he questioned every response for a clearer and solid answer. And as I read in the comments some state he's intimidating, I, in the other hand, found him to be informative and inspirational. How so? Analyze and think WHY I do what I love to and why I invest time into it. Yes. It is an obvious answer but videos like these are like a wake up call and alert alarm to get back up and work even harder.
everyone thinks teaching is telling. teaching is about helping students learn by asking them questions to help them realize the answer themselves.
Thank you! I've always believed in that method. As a music theory tutor in college, that's how I would challenge the person I helped out. First show them how to do it then I would have them show me how to do it to see if he or she understood well.
"design is not about how they look its about how they work" -Steve jobs
Arnab Raha and how you feel
lol that's wrong
that's PRODUCT design, not graphic design. Of course a computer has to work well.
That's called function.
beautiful
The speaker's a little abrasive but it definitely sends the message across. Ive been in a depressive (lit. & fig.) state for a year after having the advertising industry grind me into dust. Took a year off to reassess my strengths, and I had to learn to repackage myself. And this video really highlights a lot of good points that nobody teaches you
yeah, i'm a little abrasive.
When she said "take it outside" she gave very beautiful example that don't just confine yourself within the classroom but also be the student to mother nature, for color schemes, also for creating most influencing concepts, by following the processes of growth and flourishing of its own.... that is really really great I greatly admire such thinking in people...
i wish i was taught like this. I like how this guy answered a student's question by involving everyone in the room and making it everyone else's question too . It forced the other students to do brainstorming to actually find an answer for that question. I would feel uncomfortable at first, but it'd definitely make me THINK, which then i'd still remember weeks and months after. If i was there and he answer that question straight away, i wouldn't even remember it the moment i step out of the room, cause i wasn't a part of that thinking/conversation. Great teaching method - for me, at least.
it's something i refer to as "full contact teaching". we try to involve everyone into the discussion vs. just tell them the answer.
love how inspired I am from this video after graduating 3 years ago in a half design degree.
i have friends who have done degrees in graphic designs, fellow friends who have done a short course, I've done short courses and I ask a lot about what should and shouldn't be there. it's funny how younger and not experience in design friends and fellow mentors have suggested at least 6-8 projects of good design. whereas a senior i met who worked in for more than 10 years said 4 to me. now understanding from this video, I can clearly see what "good work" means. thank you
This man was direct and honest about what potential employers are looking for. For those intimidated, put your ego/pride aside and absorb what this man had to say. Remember, it's not about you.
This is something I recently realized is wrong with my work...My school is not competitive and I allowed myself to slip into that lull. Your words sting because they are true! It's time to do something about it. Thank you for spelling it out.
I can't stress how good this was to me. I've been a slacker more than half of my years in uni, thinking I'm pretty talented and I'm doing uni now, future is sorted - it's not. It's that every bit of extra miles that you go for that makes you stand out. I'll work my ass off to stand out in what I do this year!
I've watched this video couple times now. It is totally changing the way that I think of what a good portfolio is...I used to think that I need to or must to show that I am capable of making digital artworks, but I didn't focus on which type of graphic design that my works would fit in.
In 2015, I didn't understand why my tutor from an university taught me to design a ZINE not a traditional portfolio. Since I graduated from the uni, I still try to make a digital portfolio that I would feel proud to bring it along for a job interview.
When you're a graphic designer... you design everything, you're portfolio, your resume, your website. You start designing everything that comes your way. Sounds funny and odd, but it becomes your life.
Ok he CAN be intimidating, yes, but I was smiling the whole time like yes he got a point and how his directness is effective to students, like me, who take criticisms to action and that was so refreshing to see. To be mentored like this is nerve-wracking but effective. From PH 🇵🇭✨
I can't thank you guys enough for the amount I have improved in the last 4 months. Thank you!!!!!!!!!
Meh Zachula you can. #tenpercent
This video is remarkably helpful to graduating students. I am coming out of my program in another 4 months and the school has yet to educate us on portfolio preparation in the slightest. I had a similar perspective to the gentleman that first asked about the portfolios where I didn't necessarily think that 8 was the right number but I was still thinking 5 or 6. There is one thing that our teachers tell us and that is to have "range" in our portfolio because that is what companies and employers alike want to see.
I am entirely new to the channel but I can garuntee you I have not clicked a subscribe button faster than I did yours simply because not many media outlets are promoting the perspectives and concepts you do in such a viable and professional manor.
So all in all thank-you!
welcome to the channel shane and thanks for the sub. you are about to feast on some content that no one is addressing right now.
Your experience at Art Centre about intensity against other students is real.
I was the guy who did everything DIFFERENTLY because being typically conventional wasn't enough for the course I turned up with too much and went too far.
And man, alot of tutors and students alike respected, possibly hated me for it but here I am; after Studying graphic design for what i seems like more than half my life; working as one
psst.... There are A LOT not a few, but A LOT...actually a SHIT LOAD of very good to excellent designers that didn't go to Art Center (or a design school for that matter). A LOT have gone to colleges with a good graphic design program and have competed with fellow classmates. These students 'applied' themselves on every project. Don't believe me? You'll see when you enter the real world when you click on the link to your boss' or co-worker's portfolios on LinkedIn'. Thank me later. It's all about the drive, passion and understanding foundation design principles and typography.
Be a passionate storyteller first...live this both publicly and privately and in time as experience builds refinement will happen. Great video and awesome mentoring.
uriah peterson thanks 🙏.
For some reason I got Mafia vibes from this vid lol.
More, more! I was so into the lecture I was shocked when the video ended. Those 18 mins flew by. Hope the rest will be up soon.
we have more. each broken down by topic. we'll release another one next week.
I don't understand why anyone is afraid of or put off by this guy. He is simply trying to instill some (gasp!) critical thinking skills. What he's trying to do is challenge their beliefs. I work in a community college and I find that many students lack confidence. My advice: Make friends with your mistakes. Take them out for coffee. Learn from them. They will guide you to your passion.
love the video super inspiring I was losing the drive for my class assignments I started hard I wanted to think outside the box I did more than what the teacher asked me to do but as the weeks went on a lot of the students didn't put their all and I thought I'm just wasting my time. why should I do 110% project's and everybody's doing 50% and the teacher wouldn't even acknowledge it that I was working harder than everybody else but your video made me realize I need to do it for myself not for them.
Try to embarrass everyone by out hustling them. Your work product speaks volumes.
(bad english incoming :P)
Honestly unless you're in one of the TOP Art schools out there do not put in 150% efford. ---Do what you have to do--- and put the rest of your efford into something else.
I've been in Art school for 6 years and to be honest with you it's usually not a place where they improve your personal Art style/skills.
As i said before unless it is a really really good school you will only learn basics and simple tricks a million people already have done before.
Do what you have to do in order to pass your class, but i suggest that you go home after school and put all your efford into your portfolio/website/work that has nothing to do with school.
I started working for different companies way before i was done with Art school simply because i put in enough efford to pass school but at the same time i never put in more efford than i had to. I rather spend the time at home improving my personal style and creating a portfolio/website that looks professional.
A lot of people focus too much on school and once they are done with school they sit there with a basic portfolio/website and are looking for a job but you can already tell within 5 seconds after looking at there portfolio/website that it's 100% student work simply because it only includes Art that they created for the school.
Sorry again for the bad spelling but i hope you understand what i'm talking about.
Skullflower perfect English to me. I understand. Not all schools and teachers are equal. I find that there's at least one good teacher. Just focus on them. Do an independent study. Be a TA for them.
adriana gomez Yes! Go girl
I used to be the lowest rank in art class un able to paint I painted almost everysingle day . All my lunch. Holidays. Weekends. Even at work and at night 2 years later im top of class💙 passion drives you and the caliber of your thinking will lead to the quality of your work
I've been following thefutur for quite some time now and if you feel intimidated by the way Chris questions, then you have some ego problem. He educates people and doesn't treat them like the world outside school is still rainbows and butterflies. He pressures you to get the most out of your answers so you that you'll better understand what comes out your mouth. Be open-minded.
The value of information he gives is priceless and profitable. I was once a dropout with a graphic design hobby, now I am earning 5 figures and recently started my own little branding company thanks to thefutur and Chris Do especially
some people aren't ready for this Jm. They want to be coddled and for someone to whisper sweet nothings in their ear.
Your like the design mentor of my dreams! So down to earth, non threating, wise and chill. Love your channel mate. Respect.
thanks Dom!
As a highschool student I *feel* like i'm super passionate with design and this really inspired and enlightened me on the bigger picture of graphic design, thanks!
you bet Gem.
In this episode I realized how good is Chris in facilitator's hat. Also, I love the way you chunk the information so that it's not overwhelming or challenging in size. Amazing job again, guys.
Yuri Radavchuk thanks. Tried something different in this one. Rather than say the answer I led by asking questions.
passion for me is attention to detail and to what is needed to solve the problem someone gave me
Thank you for this! Throughout my college years (will be graduating next year), I haven’t been very passionate with my projects in my art and graphic design classes. Showing my portfolio will be coming very fast and I have really thought about what I should and shouldn’t include in my portfolio. Knowing that most of my works haven’t been showing my passion, I need to start by showing what I love to do than not show what I don’t love doing.
I might have a cruch on this guy.
The way he articulates his answers is so satisfying. He is so passionate and well prepared.
Mom, i'm in love.
haha. hi Eni.
@@thefutur Ohh sh!t... I wasn't expecting you to reply.
You are amazing btw.
Really appreciate what you share in this video. I only completed the diploma in Graphic Design. These knowledge is very useful to me because the short term course didn't show me this. I got my first job, maybe it was lucky, but from now on, I understood what to put on my portfolio, what to show to recruiters and find a new chance in near future. Again really thank you.
One point about the video, when it comes to passion, this is something more related to the style/personality of the person than the quality in portfolio. The design area has many funtions that you can work with, some of them unrelated to aesthetic aspects, its more interesting to show what you like to do, emphasizing your main skills, always telling a good story, even a good point for Potfolios is exploring creativity when it comes to communicating and presenting your ideas and projects. Open your mind to relate who you are with the job you want.
sat at my computer looking for advice as i have just finished uni......I actually raised my hand whenever he asked for an answer......
Haha. That’s engagement.
Think of design as a acting career. Do it because it is your passion whether or not you get a call. And often those calls are from clients that are looking for a designer that will bring THEIR ideas to life but it may not be what the designer had in mind or is able to agree on. If the client could draw they won't be needing a designer so you don't want a client like this. And just like an acting career one can go through long dry spells between assignments so it is best to have a regular job to stay afloat.
i personally dont find this intimidating. I find it helpful and serious and professional
Watching this because I feel lost right now. I've been a graphic designer for over a decade, and now that I have to try and get back into the work force, building a portfolio has been hard.
Shake off the cob webs. You got this.
Chris explains better then uni lecturers
This content has been extremely helpful to me. Sometimes I can't understand how to get started with things because they are like a clutter in my mind. It really helps me understand my thought process and figure things out and actually get things done. I just love it ❤
Glad to hear
I just started watching these videos and I have to say I really enjoy the atmosphere in each session. I’m starting as a freelance artist and just finished my time in the navy and I think a stressful environment can press people to show their true colors and give their real outlook on a situation! It also provides someone with low confidence to build themselves by climbing that wall of stress ! Great channel keep it up👍🏻
Very inspiring, very thoughtful. Especially the last part. In class when someone did something that I considered awesome, mentaly I made that someone my mortal enemy and tried to be better than that person. My Ego wouldn't let me do otherwise anyways.
I don't see what he doesn't understand about "take it outside of the classroom." She honestly nailed it in the beginning.
Lovin' The Futur and lovin' to work on mine. But 12:10 is by far the best comment Chris Do ever put out. Still wiping my tears away. :)
Thank you Tim
Chris isn't intimidating. He has great interpersonal skills and if you let him lead, he will bring you to your senses. He is like Itachi Uchiha without the sharingan.
Thank you 😊
This helps a lot a bunch. The lecturers didnt help out much of the explaination of portfolio as how much passion meant something especially when work-hunting (or in my case interships). It still a worrisome for me because as proud as my work presented at the college gallery, that could help for my portfolio making later, I have low-self esteem with what I have done even when I am passionate about it and have confidence of it. Hopefully with this better understanding, I can be more confident of arranging my portfolio 😊.
15:47 The best lesson I learned, 1 won't, 2 might, 3 will.
1 Won't, 2 Might, 3 Will......Loved It!!
why do i feel like any project or class assignment would be something that i will thoroughly enjoy exploring and executing even in sleepless nights? is this what it feels like to be passionate about something? this video is golden btw
Building a portfolio is so stressful, but these tips helped me a lot, thank you 🙏
I would like to discribe passion as knowing how to solve problems, design dont have to be that beautiful but if you aim to solve a problem that good passion.
Not really a comment about portfolios ... what I have seen after over 20 years in the business is an inability to think on their feet and produce good work quickly. On most projects/jobs/gigs, time is the one thing you don’t generally have a lot of. Good luck out there.
Chris, you're awesome man. I sometimes feel low and then I just watch thefutur.
Thank you.
you are smart man, i have to make a portfolio for my new school or else they wont apply me. the explenations where really good and you know what ur talking about
Chris Do, I admire you so much. I want to be as good and confident as you. Thanks for everything you are doing :)
thanks Jonathan.
Great episode! The breakdown of how passion looks on a portfolio was great. I´m editing my behance and getting my website back on. I was having a really hard time which projects to pick. Thanks for the video it has been very helpful.
Mariery Young you're welcome.
I graduated in 2014. By that time I had been so over the idea of graphic design that I just didn’t apply for jobs. I barley turned on a computer for 2 years. I was so burned out by all the crap I had been taught, which where basically TH-cam tutorials. They taught us how to do stuff, but never why to do it. Never focused on problem solving or anything like that. I’m just now dusting myself off and working on a portfolio. I don’t know if I’ll ever get a design job. But at least if I do, I will have gotten it on stuff I care about.
Sorry to hear about this. You are still young and able so now might be the time for you.
You showed 3 works only?! Wow! This is inspiring! Thank you so much!
Yep
A big part is also presentation of your work. It shows that you are proud by presenting your work professionally. Don't slap together a PDF etc
Needed to hear this. If you enjoy the type of work then it's what you do not just a job.
Zach Wood hi Zach.
As a university lecturer I love your way of teaching. Great use of questions and interplay with the students
I have maybe 1 I'm really proud of. About 400 that are passable professionally.
for me passion is the combination of technique, skills, fundamentals, time and effort you put in a certain art to have a simple yet powerful result. Like what you said in order to create a perfect recipe there must be something on the ingredient or must have a different process of the way you cook in order to achieve perfect result.
loved this. Learned allot in 18 minutes! Going to Graphic Design School in September. I am an "all in" student. Excited to start. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. ....on to binge watching them all. XO
"I don't wanna be embarrassed. I wanna embarrass you. And the amount of work I'm willing to put in, the amount of ideas / of thoroughness of the exploration is where I would do it" (17:00)
Nugget I found in this video: @15:08 Chris elaborates on how many pieces he showed (back in the day) in his portfolio to get a job. "Three pieces shows a pattern. One won't. Two might. Three will (establish a pattern)" Goes on to say that a designer should show as few pieces as possible that are relevant to the job.
Dario Kham tailor your work. Edit out what doesn't fit. Otherwise you are wasting someone else's time.
Passion can be seen through the details of an artist's work. Your willingness to do it will show on your work.
I’m in a program where you have to take WASH classes (2D, 3D and a version of art history) before you can be accepted into your major (I’m going for graphic design) and we just had a project where I decided to go beyond what was expected and the professor shut it down because I went beyond what he told us to do. I felt bad about it but seeing this video made me realize that it’s actually a good thing that I went beyond, and that it’ll help me out once I get to my graphic design classes.
Thank you for your guidance, I'm currently enrolling and choosing between Graphic and
Visualisation immersive design and this has been so helpful!
This was such a great video! I learned a lot and was drawn in the whole time. The speaker was great at what he does. Thank you
thanks Tori
But you know sometimes there is a problem where you just can't be specific with your passion, in my case its really complex because its not just one thing that i love, whatever involves creativity i love to do it be it digital painting, sculpting, crafting, sketching, graphics, logos, gaming, music, what do i do in this situation?
you can either pick one to go deep into, or find something that combines as many things that you love into one thing.
Guys, they are an inspiration, for me and the other designers in the world, stay great.
I design toy packaging and design prototypes and I love my freelance job. Partnering with China factories. LOVE IT!
Chris, to answer you question (in 4:00 - 4:20), I know one can show passion in his/her portfolio by CONSISTENCY of the kinds of project(s) he/she work on OFTEN; how often do she/he work on a particular project (like infographics for health education flyers and books)?
I'd love to have a teacher like that tbh
I like the way he brought in the idea of an IQ test; comparing three things so that you can identify the fourth thing. Thus having three strong projects in your portfolio is an achievable goal.
My answer to how to show passion: There are many things but the biggest thing is that your work shows YOU and your personality. If you are passionate, you put yourself into your work, you can't help it. If the work you show could be done by anyone, then that is exactly what the employer or client will think and their next thought will be, then why not just hire anyone else. The major thing I would add is detail. If you are passionate, it will be apparent in the level of attention to detail in your work.
good addition.
Thanks chris for these amazing videos. I'm starting out in the design world, and working on it. Your videos are super helpful!
I feel so bad now, because everything he said at the end was so true.
Man, I feel horrible! I am a horrible designer. I am guilty of all of this and right now I don't know if I can bite my way trough the hard designers world out there or if I should just give up... which is nonsense, because I am studying design for 4 semesters now and I am loving it.
But I don't feel good enough. And if you would see my work, you would probably agree.
I actually had another video from this channel at my 'watch later' list for weeks, and I was super afraid of watching it, because somehow I knew there would be this harsh truth and me feeling bad about it.
sorry. if you love what you do and enjoy it, by all means, keep pursuing it. don't listen to a jerk like me. don't give up.
You are not a jerk, but you are very honest and sometimes I need to hear the hard truth.
I think I can learn a lot from you. :) Thank you for your words.
You can re-design your projects while keeping in mind having a concept, graphic (or maybe no graphic, maybe it's all typographic or a simple graphic), well executed typography, color, and layout. You can even start a new project if you reach a roadblock. Bottom line... you CAN get better the more you design and see/understand what you're doing right as well as what you're doing wrong. I've seen designers get better anywhere from 6 months to 2 years (or more), everyone's learning curve is different.
3:20 Is that Word matter . Thats all you need folks, he said it the key.
The reason why I don't like my current art school and I will apply for a different one is, because my university doesn't demand anything.
When we get an assignment I started doing much much more, br kinda being looked down on for doing so.
But I'm doing the assignments to learn, and I want to maximise the amount i learn in school.
When I'm leaving school, I don't want to have to start learning. But that's kinda what it feels like atm
I hope when I change schools, there will be more drive in the teachers and students. That I'll be challenged more and won't have to rely to youtube to to rails as my main source of information
Thank you , you have really opened my mind because I did not know anything on how to write a portfolio. Thank you so much🙏😍😍
Is it all about the competition again?
Commonnn
We can all be better than this. Totally disagree on the last couple of minutes of the video, although I do agree for the rest. I do agree that Design has to be a passion to be "taken outside", which I find has not be answered thoroughly by just going beyond. Taking it outside is all about observation and enchantment, starting with looking at nature and how everything is linked. How people react, how communication outside works, how the architectural landscape forms new ways of communicating and building communities.
Design is everything, and you can be easily passionate about that everything, if you are passionate about life. Please leave this competition out, no one should want to "embarrass" anyone; that is totally immature. And whoever wants to be a mentor or tutor, that is not the message to get across. Healthy competition is when you want to push yourself with an always better idea, until you come to a point you find someone as good as you and the only thing you want to do is to collaborate with that person to create something Amazing. Full stop.
Design is about pushing the mental boundaries of one self to create a better future, not to win an award.
Irene Albino feel free to disagree.
Well, different things drive different people. Every one needs to find the gas.