Judge whether you are talented or not: enthusiastic interest is the first factor, and then you can judge that you are basically talented if you do it faster and better than your peers.
But more importantly, how to protect that precious gift from being overwhelmed by worldly things.
You had a lot of design ideas when you were still studying, but you didn't have the ability to turn them into real products, and the manufacturing right was not in your hands.
When I graduate, I am assigned a job every day, and I may enter a factory (most design students in China will enter the factory, and other so-called self-research is actually a factory). You have manufacturing ability, but you find that you have no creativity and design ability.
Most design students around me have experienced this development. Coupled with the pressure of work and life, many people have changed careers.
So the most important thing is that you should turn your design idea into reality as soon as possible, and let him make money, so as to make a virtuous circle, give you confidence and financial resources, and then realize more ideas. Jobs became the richest man in North America around the age of 20. When he was a student, he assembled some parts into a computer, put on an ugly shell and began to sell money. In fact, this technology is not difficult. Just like assembling a computer now, it is most important to dare to think and do it, and realize your ideas immediately.
I have worked in a large enterprise, and most of the design work was done in cooperation with foreign teams. The products involved are very complicated, and the mold opening cost is literally several million, but everyone contributes very little. The final product is not my work.
? What really makes me feel a sense of accomplishment as a designer is the following unremarkable thing that many people find funny: I later communicated with many users, and many people had this idea when they were young. They are asleep, too tired to carry books, and want to make a bookshelf to support them. But no one has achieved it, or is too lazy to achieve it. Or feel that they can't sell money and no one wants to do it. However, with the development of the times, the arrival of the mobile internet has caused a large number of cervical spondylosis groups, and they are getting younger and younger, and even babies are fed up with screens. In 20 16 years, my cervical spondylosis became more and more serious and I couldn't work at all. I study hard every day, but I can't find a bracket that can make me read on my stomach completely. At that time, I made up my mind to make one, and my neck pain was unbearable. I bought a bunch of parts and wood online, and processed it all afternoon. I found it very useful. Then I hung them online and sold them. I hung them up for half a year, and I opened the first order, and then more orders came one after another. I made it by hand. After several improvements, I registered the brand and applied for a patent. Later, I sold it to the whole world with cross-border e-commerce, realizing mass production and creating a very biased but global brand.
Read a book completely flat.
The idea of this thing is simple, but it is important to think about it. Many domestic buyers told me that it was really a long time ago, and the cervical vertebrae were saved. This is my most fulfilling moment.
This is my real little experience to share. For young people who are interested in design now, my suggestion is to "make full use of the current network and e-commerce, think of it, realize it immediately, find a sense of accomplishment, and have a virtuous circle". Otherwise, once you find a job, under the pressure of this big environment, you will change careers or become a work machine sooner or later. China has the most complete supply chain, and you can buy any parts online. There are tens of thousands of kinds of even a small screw on the internet, and it is very convenient to make samples, which was unimaginable in our student days. Moreover, it is not so convenient in the United States and other countries now, and their designers admit that it is much slower to realize a sample there than in China. In addition, e-commerce also makes it possible to sell products around the world. With the base of 7 billion people in the world, the demand for partial products is also huge. A rookie designer can't make a mobile phone and artificial intelligence at once. They can start with daily necessities. The first product may fail, or it may be a natural egg, but it doesn't matter. Keep thinking and doing, and realize it immediately. Soon you will come to this step, a virtuous circle, and build the confidence of designers. I also welcome new designers to communicate with me.