I’m not entirely sure which path I want to take in the future, but for now I hope to start off working in a boutique style design firm following graduation. Base on my intern experience back in Taiwan and my understanding of existing design companies, I want to work in a small place where each designer has to take on more tasks. This way, I might be able to gain more experience in design work and in other business aspects of running a design firm. In addition, small size companies tend to have better communication between members, and members are more involved in each design step. However, I also have many interests other than design so I don’t think I will stay in a boutique style firm forever. I’m interested in marketing, management and other business aspects in different types of design companies. I also wish to meet people from different fields of work, so I hope to move into large companies after gaining some experience in small boutique firms.
I hope my future work will require a lot of creative thinking and creative skills in different disciplinary of work/design. I want to avoid being the tool for creating other people’s ideas. By this I mean repetitive work that’s boring. For example, in some companies, they have rendering department where team members only focus on rendering things that has been designed. I don’t think doing repetitive work can increase my knowledge and broaden my view so this is something that I want to avoid for sure.
I don’t have much knowledge about existing companies/ firms around the world. I want to know more about the benefits, advantages and disadvantages working in different companies/ firms particularly in North America and Asia.
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