- The document provides tips and advice for designers on various topics like getting started in the field, staying hungry to learn, and best practices for work. - It discusses resume dos and don'ts, finding the right job, interview skills, presenting work, following leaders in the industry, and maintaining work-life balance. - Examples are given of conceptualizing work for different clients, knowing the client and content well before starting, and effectively presenting design concepts and solutions to clients.

1. Survival Skills
for Designers
Photo by Axel Holen on Unsplash

2. • 3rd Generation Indian Chinese
• Self Taught UX Designer
• Working in Quantum Inventions
• Impulsive Hoarder of Ideas!
ABOUT ME

3. • A Quick Story
• Getting Started
• Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
• On the Job
WHAT I WILL
BE COVERING

4. A Quick Story
Shannon Walkley
Author
MISSY:
THE LOST CAT
Source: 27bslash6.com/missy.html

5. #1 it looks like a movie and how come the
photo of Missy is so small?
It's a design thing.
The cat is lost in the negative space.
Thats just stupid. I am extremely
emotional over this. Can you make the
photo bigger please and fix the text and
do it in colour please
A Quick Story

6. #2 can you make it so it shows the whole
photo of Missy and delete the stupid text
that says missing missy off it?
I just want it to say lost.
A Quick Story

7. #3 I just want a photo and the word lost
and the telephone number and when
and where she was lost and her name
Not like a movie poster or anything
stupid.
A Quick Story

8. #4 Thats not my cat. Where did you get that
picture from?
That cat is orange. I gave you a photo of
my cat.
I know, but that one is cute. As Missy
has quite possibly met any one of
several violent ends, it is possible
you might get a better cat out of this.
A Quick Story

9. #5 I didnt say there was a reward.
I dont have $2000 dollars.
What did you even put that there for?
Apart from that it is perfect can you
please remove the reward bit.
A Quick Story

10. #4
Can you just please take the reward bit
off altogether.
A Quick Story

11. #4 Fine. That will have to do.
A Quick Story

12. Takeaway from the story?
A Quick Story

13. • Resume: Do’s & Don’ts
• Finding the right Job
• Portfolio Presentation
• Interviews
Getting
Started
Icon Created by Gregor Cresnar from the Noun Project

14. • Do Triple Check for Typos.
• Avoid using technical jargon you don’t know.
• Avoid using Fancy Diagram.
• Keep white spacing.
• Keep it short, well formatted and relevant.
Getting Started
RESUME
Do’s & Don’t

15. • Connections. Connections. Connections.
• Force Application.
• Follow up on the interview status.
• Join small. Learn More.
• Chose Job Profile over Company Profile.
• A setback doesn’t mean end of the world.
FINDING THE
RIGHT JOB
Getting Started

16. • Be ON TIME.
• Prepare to wait.
• Dress for the occasion.
• Be honest.
• Again, avoid using fancy terms.
• Show eagerness to learn.
• Do not interrupt.
• Research about the Company
• Make an informed negotiation on Pay Package.
Talk in hand.
CRACKING
THE INTERVIEW
Getting Started

17. • A short demo
• Show less. Talk more.
• Include:
– Background about the project
– Your thought process
– Challenges if any
PRESENTING
YOUR WORK
Getting Started

18. Stay Hungry.
Stay Foolish.
Icon Created by Gregor Cresnar from the Noun Project
• Be a Net - cast wide!
• Be a Drill - go deep!
• Have a Design Goal

19. GET
Be a Net - cast wide!
OUT!

20. Be an Avid
Hoarder
Be a Net - cast wide!

21. Develop
Eclectic Taste
Be a Net - cast wide!
TYPOGRAPHY
MOVIES
GRAPHIC
DESIGN
ART
TECHNOLOGY
INDUSTRIAL
DESIGN
MUSIC
IDENTITIES

22. Follow the Best in the Business
PAULA SCHER
GRAPHIC DESIGN
DON NORMAN
UX GURU
JONY IVE
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
DIETER RAMS
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
LUKE WROBLEWSKI
MOBILE DESIGN
PAUL RAND
GRAPHIC DESIGN
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23. Follow the Best in the Business
PAULA SCHER
GRAPHIC DESIGN
DON NORMAN
UX GURU
JONY IVE
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
DIETER RAMS
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
LUKE WROBLEWSKI
MOBILE DESIGN
PAUL RAND
GRAPHIC DESIGN
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24. Follow the Best in the Business
PAULA SCHER
GRAPHIC DESIGN
DON NORMAN
UX GURU
JONY IVE
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
DIETER RAMS
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
LUKE WROBLEWSKI
MOBILE DESIGN
PAUL RAND
GRAPHIC DESIGN
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25. Follow the Best in the Business
PAULA SCHER
GRAPHIC DESIGN
DON NORMAN
UX GURU
JONY IVE
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
DIETER RAMS
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
LUKE WROBLEWSKI
MOBILE DESIGN
PAUL RAND
GRAPHIC DESIGN
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26. Follow the Best in the Business
PAULA SCHER
GRAPHIC DESIGN
DON NORMAN
UX GURU
JONY IVE
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
DIETER RAMS
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
LUKE WROBLEWSKI
MOBILE DESIGN
PAUL RAND
GRAPHIC DESIGN
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27. Follow the Best in the Business
PAULA SCHER
GRAPHIC DESIGN
DON NORMAN
UX GURU
JONY IVE
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
DIETER RAMS
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
LUKE WROBLEWSKI
MOBILE DESIGN
PAUL RAND
GRAPHIC DESIGN
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28. Be a Drill - go deep!
Start with Books!

29. Be a Drill - go deep!
Learn Theory.
Learn Terminology.
TYPOGRAPHY
DESIGN COLOURS
PSYCHOLOGY
MARKETING TECHNOLOGY
Photo by Amador Loureiro on Unsplash

30. Work for Company.
Design for Domain.
Have a Design Goal
Photo by Vek Labs on Unsplash

31. Take up
Pro Bono Work
Have a Design Goal
Photo by Elaine Casap on Unsplash

32. On the Job
Icon Created by Gregor Cresnar from the Noun Project
• Before you put the first pixel...
• Presenting your work
• Some thoughts on Design

33. • Client
• Content
• Concept
3C
BEFORE P
Before you put the first pixel...

34. KNOW YOUR
CLIENT
If the job is for a dry cleaner, go to a dry cleaner.
And stay there until you have something that you
honestly think is interesting to say about dry
cleaning. I don’t know exactly how to do this.
Rub Duncan
Photo by Jess Watters on Unsplash

35. Before you put the first pixel...
Client #1
Public Utilities Board
Mobile App

36. Client #1 : Public Utilities Board Mobile App

37. Before you put the first pixel...
Client #2
Roffles
Waffles Company

38. Client #1 : Public Utilities Board Mobile App

39. KNOW YOUR
CONTENT
Content precedes design. Design in
the absence of content is not
design, it’s decoration
Jeffrey Zeldman
Photo by Beatriz Pérez Moya on Unsplash

40. Before you put the first pixel...
Kids Stop Website

41. START WITH A
CONCEPT
Once an idea has taken hold of the
brain it's almost impossible to
eradicate. An idea that is fully
formed - fully understood - that
sticks; right in there somewhere.
Cobb, Inception
Photo by G. Crescoli on Unsplash

42. Before you put the first pixel...
Concept #1 : Vipassana App
CALM MEDITATIVE SERIOUS
Cool
Colours
Soft
Lines
Plenty of
White-
space
Repeated
Patterns
Serif
Font

43. Before you put the first pixel...

44. Before you put the first pixel...
Example #2 : Kid Stop Website
Kids
Fun
Exploratory
Bright
Primary
Colours
Thick
Lines
Rounded
Corners
Slanted
Lines
Different
Layout
Fun
Illustration
Casual
Fonts

45. Before you put the first pixel...

46. Before you put the first pixel...

47. Before you put the first pixel...

48. You are a Designer not an Artist
Before you put the first pixel...
Art by Adrien Coquet from the Noun Project, Tailor by Gan Khoon Lay from the Noun Project,
Graphic Designer by Murat Mustafa from the Noun Project
YOU CLIENT

49. PRESENTING
YOUR WORK
Photo by Daniel Cheung on Unsplash

50. Communication
is important
Photo by Jason Rosewell on Unsplash

51. Learn to
Tell a Story
Presenting your work
Photo by Picsea on Unsplash

52. Presenting your work
Privi Exports
Logo Concept

53. We are like
the strands of jute...

54. We are like
the strands of jute...

55. Bonded together

56. Each process close knit and
connected to the previous
one

57. Each process
completely different

58. Yet working together

59. To achieve one single goal.

60. We are like jute, so strong
that it can stand on its own

61. Yet flexible to adapt
to the ever changing
market demand

62. Wait a minute…
our we talking about Jute?
Or our company?

63. Well...
It’s one and same.

64. We are Jute and Jute is us.

65. We are...

66. PRIVY EXPORTS

67. Branding
Visualisation

68. LOBBY

69. BURLAPS

70. JUTE
SACKS

71. STATIONERIES

72. Thank You

73. Dil pe mat
le yaar!
Presenting your work
Photo by Tom Pumford on Unsplash

74. Some thoughts
on DESIGN
Photo by Aleks Dorohovich on Unsplash

75. Design for the
Complete Picture
Some thoughts on Design
Photo by Scott Webb on Unsplash

76. Some thoughts on Design
Step Back once in awhile

77. It's not done
till it is Delivered
Some thoughts on Design

78. Some thoughts on Design
Gears by Oliver Kittler from the Noun Project
YOU DEV CLIENT

79. Do the
right thing!
Some thoughts on Design
Photo by Isaiah Rustad on Unsplash

80. Work ≠ Life
Icon Created by Gregor Cresnar from the Noun Project
Builda
SAFEHOUSE

81. Work ≠ Life
Photo by Nik Shuliahin on Unsplash
WorkWorries
stayatWork.

82. Few things I can be of help with…
• HFI - CUA Course
• Online Resources
• Books
Q&A

83. roberthsu.design
LET’S
CONNECT!

84. THANK YOU!