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Things I F#@$!d Up 
Stories from a Young Designer 
Jacob DeGeal 
Creative Operations Manager - Illinois State University 
@jacobdegeal #mpd11
is a taco a sandwich?
Who I am, where I work, what I do 
Creative Operations Manager 
Web and Interactive Communications 
Illinois State University.
Graphic Designers are perceived as: 
● Arrogant 
● Self-absorbed 
● Cry babies 
● Narcissists
Yep 
that's me.
But I'm also 
● Self-critical 
● Self-aware 
● Self-motivated
Conferences always focus 
on success stories
We rarely talk about our 
failures though...
“If you’re not prepared to be 
wrong, you will never come 
up with anything original” 
- Sir Ken Robinson
We learn the most from our 
failures, and gain the most 
insight.
Story 1 
Tim
Lesson Learned 
:) 
Be nice.
Story 2 
Lisa
Lisa
“If everything is red, then no one will 
understand what to do” 
“No one likes the color red. It’s too intense” 
“Blue and brown colors together are really 
hot right now”
Lesson Learned 
Consistency in design is not a bad 
thing, it’s just a bad argument
"Consistency is the hallmark of the 
unimaginative." 
- Oscar Wilde.
"A foolish consistency is the 
hobgoblin of little minds" 
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Consistency requires you to be as 
ignorant today as you were a year 
ago.” 
-Bernard Berenson, Renaissance 
Art Historian
“If you try to be consistent, you tie 
yourself to a rock and you restrict your 
own movements! Don’t do this! Let all the 
paths be reachable without any obstacle! 
Free yourself from the consistency!” 
- Mehmet Murat Ildan, Turkish novelist 
and playwright
“Success is neither magical nor 
mysterious. Success is the natural 
consequence of consistently applying 
basic fundamentals.” 
-Jim Rohn entrepreneur and motivational 
speaker
“It's not what we do once in a while that 
shapes our lives. It's what we do 
consistently.” 
-Tony Robbins, motivational speaker
Lesson Learned 
Consistency in design is not a bad 
thing, it’s just a bad argument
Story 3 
John
John
John
Lesson Learned 
If people are the problem, people 
are the answer.
Thank you! 
Jacob DeGeal 
@jacobdegeal 
#mpd11

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  • 22. We rarely talk about our failures though...
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  • 24. “If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you will never come up with anything original” - Sir Ken Robinson
  • 25. We learn the most from our failures, and gain the most insight.
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  • 36. Lesson Learned :) Be nice.
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  • 42. “If everything is red, then no one will understand what to do” “No one likes the color red. It’s too intense” “Blue and brown colors together are really hot right now”
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  • 44. Lesson Learned Consistency in design is not a bad thing, it’s just a bad argument
  • 45. "Consistency is the hallmark of the unimaginative." - Oscar Wilde.
  • 46. "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • 47. “Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.” -Bernard Berenson, Renaissance Art Historian
  • 48. “If you try to be consistent, you tie yourself to a rock and you restrict your own movements! Don’t do this! Let all the paths be reachable without any obstacle! Free yourself from the consistency!” - Mehmet Murat Ildan, Turkish novelist and playwright
  • 49. “Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals.” -Jim Rohn entrepreneur and motivational speaker
  • 50. “It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It's what we do consistently.” -Tony Robbins, motivational speaker
  • 51. Lesson Learned Consistency in design is not a bad thing, it’s just a bad argument
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  • 63. Lesson Learned If people are the problem, people are the answer.
  • 64. Thank you! Jacob DeGeal @jacobdegeal #mpd11