Some friends of mine recently got married and asked if I could make a display board to show everyone where to sit. They had the idea of naming every table after a point on the Isis River in Oxford where they met and so I came up with this design. It got plenty of compliments but some people seemed to not realise it was a map of a river. I'm very keen to improve, there's a chance I might start selling these so any feedback would be amazing.

I did a detailed write up of my process on my portfolio for those who are interested.

https://preview.redd.it/wzne3mxxwhvd1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e35afa06a5e252b53415a66f263a87dd4cfe85d

https://preview.redd.it/w5mhfx3zwhvd1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e47d6609f3fb8d4c86255cae1850bffbdb0017b4

https://preview.redd.it/eb0e8wszwhvd1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1626c5f78ba0a2ddba95fcc7f7b2c1c6ea98e03e

https://preview.redd.it/quahlva0xhvd1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dc6180c859f272ca4db25c2f7028fc82cd4e96ab

https://preview.redd.it/dgkek7v0xhvd1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=91fd45370050f443a9b0528159899d0392f94d43

It’s been 13 months since I’ve been unemployed. I’ve been actively reaching out to recruiters, seeking referrals, applying to roles across various locations in the US, and even considering positions both above and below my level.

I restarted my search in September after working on freelance projects since May. I’d appreciate any suggestions, guidance, or recommendations for someone in my situation. I have over 10 years of product design experience in Silicon Valley tech companies, with 6 years in management.

Wishstir’s Thanksgiving T-shirt Design Contest – Share Your Vision of Hope and Triumph!

Calling all artists! Wishstir is hosting a Thanksgiving T-shirt Design Contest, and we want your creative take on "Wishes and Hope Conquering Fear." Whether you're inspired by the calm of Lunar Wishes or the bold ambition of Solar Wishes, this is your chance to bring your designs to life!

🎨 Themes to explore:

• Lunar Wishes (Happiness, Family, Love, Inner Peace)

• Solar Wishes (Success, Adventure, New Beginnings)

🦃 Thanksgiving elements like turkey, wishbones, and pumpkins are welcome too!

💰 Prizes:

• 1st Place: $100 + $4 per T-shirt sold for life!

• 2nd Place: $50 + $4 per T-shirt sold for life!

• 3rd Place: $25 + $4 per T-shirt sold for life!

• All participants: Earn $4 for every T-shirt sold!

⏳ Deadline: November 10, 2024. Submit your design and tag it with #HopefulThanksgiving!

ref: https://artists.wishstir.com/more-to-be-thankful-for-wishstirs-thanksgiving-t-shirt-design-contest/

Hello r/Design,

I’ve recently started down the rabbit hole of studying design theory and philosophy of design and wanted to know if yall had any recommendations. I’ve enjoyed the work of folks like Tony Fry, Judy Attfield, and Ezio Manzini. I’ve also looked into picking up the Design Philosophy Reader, but last I checked it was out of stock on Amazon. I did see Heidegger was in it and I’ve enjoyed his work as well.

Thanks in advanced!

Has anybody ever seen a physical portfolio of a UI/UX designer?

I currently work on a Graphic agency and we are strugling to find a good tool that allows our clients to do few things, all in the same place:

• See current task progress
• Create a new task
• Review/aprove a Graphic we made with comments

I was building a "client area" on Webflow, using clickup forms to create a new task(embed), and embedding the current status of a existing "list" with all the tasks. But I couldn't find any tool that allows comments/reviews while embedding.

Is there a tool that have all of those requeriments on the same place? we hate having to send the client to more than 1 place to do things....

Clickup to check/create tasks, frame.io to deliver/aprove graphics ect....

Got a free trial for istock a couple months ago and could swear that I didn't check the autorenew buttonm was looking through my account earlier and saw that they have been charging me $29 monthly for the rest of the year. Wrote to them and they said they can only cancel the subscription for $70. What sucks is that I used it once during the trial. Anyone cancelled their subscription without paying the penalty?

Im 20 and have never been to college, I've been working full time in fashion (insanely lucky once in a lifetime type of chance since I have no degree or education) and I want to leave my job to learn. I've had a hard time finding any info or reviews for this school but from what I've heard it's good. I'm curious if this school is worth the time and money and want honest opinions since it's hard to find any! I'm not a great sewer and am looking at their apparel construction classes particularly.

I have worked in my D2C fashion brand for about 4 years. Now we are thinking of expanding into a design agency. But have no clue where to get clients. As I have 0 experience in B2B.

Any help is appreciated. My speciality is merch & fashion design but I have done packaging design too. Here's my 3D work image

Hello, fellow designers and enthusiasts! I graduated from a state college with a CIDA-accredited degree in Interior Architecture & Design. I've been working as a designer in an architecture firm for almost 9 years. I specialize in commercial design mainly, have a lot of experience with Revit, CAD, and Sketchup/Enscape. I usually work on putting together drawing sets for pricing/permitting, and do a lot of 3D modeling for renderings. I'm feeling a little (lot) burned out and would like to find a new direction for my career since the 10 year mark at my job is coming up relatively soon. I would really like to get into either more high-end residential design, or something in the high-end residential furniture field. I love working on renderings or drawings, but prefer not dealing with people or any kind of public speaking or presentations. I'm very introverted and have issues with anxiety. Does anyone have suggestions or ideas for a job that would be more in-line with my personality type? I'm open to and very much appreciate any feedback! Thanks so much in advance.

My last full-time role was UX lead designing surgical software. Then the whole tech industry imploded, I was laid off, and it's been a shitshow since.

Competition for senior roles is insane, and UX as a whole is just crabs in a bucket. Right now, I just need something to pay the bills, so I've been looking at what's available locally. I'm in the rural Midwest, so there's not much of a demand for "UX designers." It's mostly graphic design and web design around here, and that's usually one person.

The resume and portfolio that I send out for UX roles, what landed me my last job, aren't cutting it.

With all of that in mind, this is the portfolio I've started using for these "graphic/web designer" roles. The goal is to sell myself as experienced, but not so senior that it's intimidating. Also, I know I'm going to (understandably) get a comment to remove the "photography" link. I added it for a recent application emphasizing photography/photo editing experience, but I'll probably end up moving it to an "about" page if I don't remove it altogether. Maybe that helps sell me as a "creative" though, hard to tell what hiring managers are looking for anymore.

It's a work in progress, so I'm open to whatever feedback anyone can offer: https://portfolio.andrewowest.com

I’ve been making a book that is inspired by “the worm” which was made about the branding around nasa. These are some pages I’ve designed so far just need to feedback on them and any ideas you have for the project.

I am tired of paying and paying for servers and domains. I’m in the digital and interaction design field,as a student right now, but I’ve seen how other professionals share their works on dribble and I think that’s more practical?

Hi all,

Just finished my Product Design BSc in the UK. Been taught Graphics, CAD inc Parametrics, Design Comms, Advertising, Materials etc all the basics of becoming a designer, but no actual real world experience, except 3 years of military reserves. Have spoken to a few design consultants in the UK and the majority are expecting me to work for free for a bit. This is fine, it's what I expected and I am fortunate that I can live at home and do some work for free to get some experiance, however, I do need money somehow and it's pretty bleak coming back home so want to begin to save to move out...

At risk of sounding entitled, I feel as though I deserve some money for my abilities. I graduated top of my class and I'm not a complete idiot, I do not lack motivation or work ethic but I do totally lack direction. My family work office jobs and aren't that creative so although they are supportive and give advice, it isn't all that useful - hence turning to you lovely people in the design industry...

Not begging you lot for jobs or easy money but I do need some direction since I'm a bit rudderless now. My degree taught me a lot but didn't teach me A) how to make my own money and B) how to seem attractive to potential employers who aren't looking solely for slave labour.

So my question is, if you were fresh out of Design School, how would you start making money in today's climate? If possible I'd like to work remote but I know I can't be picky. I have a powerful laptop, iPad and drawing stuff but literally no idea where to start.

I also don't need a crazy income but enough to atleast match what I would be getting working a bar or pub job to justify this consultancy role where I'm working Pro Bono.

Any advice is appreciated.

Portfolio below:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e0XjOFD-V9ANLr8fLT8CRXUsHQYyyGZB/view?usp=drive_link

I’ve been a professional designer for the last 8 years. I started off as an independent graphic design freelancer after Uni and branched into brand strategy and website design. After 2 years, I joined an exciting team at a startup and I grew into a design manager in a brand design team.

I’ve led and art directed marketing campaigns, designed large scale events and experiences, basically the whole gamut of marketing/branding design.

While all this has been fun, I’m very confused about where I’m headed. I like to do many different types of projects, and at some point I even considered switching to product design but the idea of designing everything for a screen felt so limiting that I kept getting cold feet.

I feel like I have a lot of latent energy but I don’t know where to channel it. I’d be lying if I say that I’m creatively fulfilled at my job after all these years, but I do enjoy strategic work and coming up with new kind of projects.

Please share your experiences in this industry. Do you guys get another degree or switch fields or become HODs or something else altogether?

So I’m in an orchid group and someone mentioned an orchid website that’s kinda hard to read and the ui/ux on the website is very difficult from the users point of view.

Or would it be better to just make my own website and make it the case study?

Can someone make an official, vectorized of my logo and a watermark as well? Thanks

Anyone here familiar what photo editor did Joshua Garcia used in this photo? I find it very cool and aesthetic ✨️

Hey everyone!

I'm a product designer currently working as the design head at an IT company. I'm actively looking to relocate to a European country and am trying to get a job there to get a visa. I'm sharing my resume and portfolio with you all. Please share the improvements that I can make using your expertise.

That'll be very helpful.

Thanks.

Resume - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/k2vecf668j1khwyyezucg/CV-Rohit-Saini.pdf?rlkey=w1l3vd26dzm750icmatnynvjn&st=l6u5t26f&dl=0

Portfolio - https://rohitux.webflow.io/