Reflections for October 2 Class EQ3

The trip to EQ3 was a great glimpse into a potential career path for graduates of this program. I found the insight from former grads to be informative and useful.  One of the many pieces of advice that really stuck out in my mind is about not getting too attached to your designs. When creating products in the real world, more economical solutions will often cause our original designs to change. Compromising is a skill we will need to learn to prepare for the business side of design. This was clearly demonstrated through the miniature chair design competition, where the chair picked was chosen because of the affordability to make it. Marcello's chair design was chic, but at the same time could easily be put into production because the molds already existed. I found the tour part of the factory a bit too quick, but nonetheless interesting to see the process a piece of furniture had to go through to end up in a store.