For this 6th and final blog post in the Oils-418 series, I would like to reflect back on the course and what I learned from it.
When I started this course I was just getting into the design field, not quite keeping my toes in, more like knee deep. I wanted to get better but didn’t know where to continue after my design classes, and this class showed me that there was a whole new mindset to master. I knew about design thinking and the strategies that one can employ to use it, but I didn’t know about some of the more philosophical aspects of creativity. Creativity is how one expresses their passion for a subject; creating something is an outlet, and that outlet doesn’t always work with every subject.
I have no plans on dropping creativity, it’s a part of my soul, something that I absolutely can’t live without. If I continue down the path of an architect it will be crucial. If I go down the path of a graphic designer it will be crucial. Design thinking will become like an old and reliable friend in my many years to come, the process guide a weathered tool, and Svihla and Tim Brown distant inspirations…
Thanks for reading this series, I hope you stick around. Go and design enchantment!
-Maxxon Yocom