Hey everybody! I am a graphic design student who's working on his senior thesis. I would really appreciate it if you could fill out this google survey I created all based on freelance work in the design industry. It's open to designers of all kinds and it only take 60 seconds (all multiple choice questions).

Here is the link to the survey:https://forms.gle/oE3gB2hP4YXdRHe97

cheers!

Hello all, I have been struggling with creating personal branding and portfolio pieces for my portfolio for quite some time now. I will try my best to explain but I feel like I’ve been spiraling for quite some time now.

I have read so many articles on what to do. Some say to use work from your job, but my job has many designers with their fingers in the pot changing up each other’s designs constantly. I’ve also read that you can volunteer your time but I want to present a solid personal brand and I just can’t get there with mine. I’ve also read that you can create passion projects but I’m having a difficult time creating something out of nothing. Imagining primary audiences and pain points. I try to create some to show that I’m “solving a problem” instead of designing something pretty. I want to create case studies but they are coming out thin which makes the end result seem unrealistic.

Has anyone else been in this same boat? I feel like I’m stuck in a chicken or the egg situation. Does anyone know of a place where designers team up to create projects? Or does anyone have techniques to over come this?

So far all I’ve done is I have been learning. Learning about branding and advertising, learning how to build a brand better. But I still can’t make up statistics...

I’m sorry if this is super confusing, I’m super confused! I need guidance and I live in such a small town that it’s hard to meet other designers.

Hello!

We are Interaction Design Master's students from the Estonian Academy of Arts and it would be really awesome if you could give us some real human insight for our Service Design project.

We are on a quest to bridge the gap between creative innovators and meaningful work.

How?

Take this short 3-minute survey and we'll show you what's cooking ;)

https://creativeinnovators.typeform.com/to/Wytz4N

I’ve just started a desk job that takes up 4 hours of work in a typical 8 hour day, leaving me with 4 hours ungoverned.

I have speedy Internet access and I’m hungry to learn, but I want to use this time to make some extra money.

I don’t have a lot of capital, but I’m a skilled Graphic Designer and Video Editor (though I’ll do anything in this time if it makes money, I’d just rather do this than scroll Reddit till 5).

Any ideas?

Thanks!