Conover Design Studio

Conceptualize your concept quickly on sketches to save time.
Honest communication with boss, client.
Specialized niche creates higher demand.
Investing in promoting them in successful ways

• Aesthetics to concrete
• Define measurables to decide what they want
• Design brief
• Pull apart the concept, characteristics
• What the personality is? define what they need to happen
• Specs, quantity, estimate
• Need collaboration to work
• Geek out within ourselves (colleagues)
• Become knowledgeable working in GD
• Good "really good" proofreaders; body copy
• Come across like an expert
• Music, garage bands, video, naming stuff, after effects
• Personal work doesn't hurt
• Design Research
• Context provider
• Current designers "younger"
• Give good critique without making feel offended party
• Schedules. Working days, low file concepts until deliverated
• Theory = content. Satisfy the design brief characteristics e.g. "strong", "feminine"
• More perspectives to work with when collaborations occur.
• Intended end result
• Gain a reputation/expertise
• Do good on somebody & people will see that
• Generalist vs Specialist (Niches)
• How color works on fabric, concrete molds, etc
• Show up! work hard, be confident talking about your work "like a script"
• "I need your help/opinion." CALL. Confidently. Befriend them. Persistent.
• Don't ever feel bad if yo deliver something late, you're worth it
• 50% up front ALWAYS
• Do research on hourly rates to know your value; on materials & cost (weekend over pay)
• Ask about the budget FIRST
• Find gratitude, free work. Compensation. Name on everything. Creative freedom.
• Make yourself indispensable, deluxe. Let people know what you know. Curiosity - tear apart works/projects. Always ask yourself "How was that done?."
• School of architecture portfolio
• Disaster prepareness
• Design
• Low income production
• How school should be design
• Get involved in community
• SDX, Volunteers
• Learn to ask clear questions to have a direction
• Human flow
• Need sense of community
• Compassionate
• Dignified