Janice recently spoke at an event on Women in Design hosted by the Designer Fund. The event recap pulls out great bite-sized tips, relevant for *everyone* in the design field.
We’ve posted them here in an easy-to-tweet format. So share the love and tweet away!
Abby Sturges & Jennifer Lopez, Founders of Culture Kitchen SF say…
Angela Shen-Hsieh, Founder of Groupvisual i/o & Board member at AIGA says…
- Learn the lingo of raising money, take a course (e.g., VC 101).
- Don’t be afraid to show who’s boss (or use “I” when pitching).
Christina Brodbeck, Founder of The Ice Break & Former Founding Designer at YouTube says…
- Accept risk and you will open yourself up to luck.
- Get out there and meet as many people as you can.
Elle Luna, Senior Communication Designer at IDEO says…
- Design your story.
- Ask yourself: What makes me happy? What gives me meaning? Orient your life around these two answers.
Janice Fraser, Founder of LUXr & Former Founding Partner at Adaptive Path says…
- Change your internal narrative by owning what you do.
- If there’s an opportunity to write or speak in public, say yes.
Jessica Hische, Freelance Illustrator, Letterer, and Designer says…
- Place work you would actually want to do in your portfolio.
- Find clients as passionate about the work as you are.
Karen Kaushansky, Principal Device Interaction Designer at Jawbone says…
Kate Aronowitz, Director of Design at Facebook says…
Liz Danzico, Chair of MFA in Interaction Design at School of Visual Arts (SVA) says…
Nancy Broden, Design Lead for User Growth at Twitter says…
Sasha Lubomirsky, User Experience Researcher at Airbnb says…
What are your design tips? Tweet ‘em with @luxrco and we’ll share with our followers.
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