‘‘Good design needs three things - expert knowledge in a field, the creative skill to come up with new proposals, and the passion to keep generating ideas until you achieve an innovative result. Young designers lack the expert knowledge, so it is important for them to have a voracious appetite for knowledge in order to become an expert as quickly as possible.’’
It is therefore very important to know your true self and establish your own taste before you start evolving. Otherwise, you might get lost somewhere in this rapid changing fashion world.
‘‘Have a good sense of reality in your field. Understand the entire process from design to market. This enables you to cut down on wastage of time and resources. Check all pride and ego at the doorstep. Be your own biggest critic. Break the rules and take risk. Lastly, do your homework!’’
‘‘Aspiring designers need to recognise that this profession is by nature holistic in its approach and philosophy. Aside from the comprehensive study of both cultural and natural systems, it is important to develop a poetic response to scientific investigations. The practice is a worthwhile journey towards an ecology of mind.’’
‘‘Designing in the 21st century means navigating in a multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural environment. A keen eye for design needs to be partnered with sensitive people skills as well as a robust sense of the product’s physical impact, on people, the environment and the enterprise. They must all be holistically merged to achieve a meaningful, worthwhile outcome.’’
‘‘As an artist, one should possess sharp observation and judgment skills, in order to excel in one's very own characteristic. A good piece of art should not merely be fascinating, it should be well received and recognised.’’
‘‘Product design is the task to achieve balanced solutions which cut deep into the detail individual mechanism at work within the areas of the stakeholders: society, user, industry. To come up with creative new solutions, a keen and never ending interest and inquisitiveness of the designer into these manifold interactions to which the product is the common link is paramount: whether it is technical, business, psychology, art, marketing…it is never ending.’’