The Future of Design Education Pt. 18

A true form of Designer Mind

Tyler Hartrich
Sep 4, 2018 · 1 min read

A Shift in Mental State

There is often a time early within ones trajectory into a new career that they become — or rather, are asked to become something outside of themselves.

The age old Aristotle quote, “the more you know, the more you don’t know” is a reminder that by its very virtue, knowledge is every expanding — so to is experience — with the difference being that the learning from applied experiences are linear — knowledge can be exponential in nature.

A Designers Falsehood

As designers, it is our deep obligation to retain a true state of mind as we launch experiences into the world. This begins and ends with the user. I have personally heard about young designers entering into a state of mind where there is a sense of faking the very basis of decision-making. Otherwise known as shooting from the hip. This approach is incredibly risky as far as moving a design solution forward.

On Embracing Ambiguity

Instead, we need to remain composed and sound in our design-decisions when embracing complex challenges— even budding designers that are in a formative state of learning hold the capability of thinking critically through a problem-solving framework. In this sense, there is no faking it. We are simply moving through the design process.

Timeboxed for 15 mins [ ]

The Future of Design Education

The publication includes a series of topics relative to the world of design education—each timeboxed for 15 mins [ ] and written once per day. The culmination is intended to be the source for a book.

Tyler Hartrich

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Working at the edge of school LX design, point + periphery systems design @ga + @forthwardnyc #FutureOfDesignEducation futureofschool + #microschool

The Future of Design Education

The publication includes a series of topics relative to the world of design education—each timeboxed for 15 mins [ ] and written once per day. The culmination is intended to be the source for a book.

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