For the past five years, Michael Bierut has taught a class for aspiring designers where students have to record the results of 'a design operation that [they] are capable of repeating every day' for 100 straight days. Here are some of the results.
Tags: design Michael Bierut"Zak Klauck: 'Over the course of 100 days, I made a poster each day in one minute. The posters were based on one word or short phrase collected from 100 different people. Anyone and everyone was invited to contribute.' The perfect exercise for a graphic designer.
Since returning from Europe, I've been on a 'practise everyday to get better' mantra. I guess it's a way to keep myself focused on certain personal goals, since I don't have an office job where I get feedback from colleagues and supervisors anymore. Also, I don't get any training, because there is no training budget in a freelancer's work. Also, it makes me happy when I see myself getting better at
Essentially, I spend 15 minutes each on the following items:
- Ukulele practice
- Writing my 750 words @750words.com
- French (this is really flexible. Sometimes I listen to a podcast and I call it a day. Sometimes I work on my Rosetta Stone, other times I just read a couple of pages of a book.)
Some days are harder than others. Some days, I end up only completing two out of three tasks. Some days, all I write for my 750 words comprises of 'How many words more till I finish this entry? How many? Four hundred. Now three hundred and ninety four'. Some days, I don't even spend the entire 15 minutes fully concentrated on the task at hand.
But the thing is - I've only been doing this consistently for 30 days (although Dave has a really long writing streak on 750 words. He's consistently written entries for 100plus days and counting) and already I'm pretty tired out.
And also, I have no point to make.
okbye.
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