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Steven Schnipper, 56, was found dead in his apartment...
...who’d studied design under the legendary Paul Rand at Yale and won awards from AIGA was turned down for jobs as a salesclerk at Design Within Reach and a teller at Citigroup and TD Bank.
- ismith0
"Disease of depression..." eh?
Unfortunately I'm nodding off every couple of seconds here so I forget most of the second page... but from what I gathered, that really sucks, and everyone else please don't kill yourselves... night all
- ********0
...(depression) was masked by his work and income and the prestige of the jobs... stripped away his protective layer. Steven couldn’t think straight...
- Amby0
worst fear
- Point50
he was pulling out $25k from his 401k every 3 months to pay his condo mortgage? holy shit, so $8k/mo.
and hell, I'm 35 and have yet to "make it big" in this industry. Like we always say around here "There's no such thing as a 40 year old designer."
- hey.. I'm 40.zenmasterfoo
- Hell I'm 50!!!!DCDesigns
- *looks around nervouslykld
- sure there is, but hopefully you'll at least be a Senior Designer by then. :)Geith
- sothere0
sad. i was told you couldn't kill yourself with anti depressants i wonder which one he used?
- wrong, Prozac can actually cause sudden suicide urges in people who don't have them********
- oh yeah overdosed, oops********
- I thought pretty much every anti-depressant has suicide as a side effectMeeklo
- wrong, Prozac can actually cause sudden suicide urges in people who don't have them
- ********0
Sad story indeed, but was it the depression that was interfering with his work. With a successful career history I cannot see why he would be out of work for long.
- harlequino0
Damn that's a sad story. I know some people at Lauder I wonder if they knew him.
- scarabin0
so what happens when we turn 40?
- utopian0
The recession is the best way to weed out weak ass designers.
- Not sure he was a "weak ass" designer.Knuckleberry
- I make six figures too... in 3 years.********
- obsolete0
you kill yourself... otherwise your suicide will be on the newspapers....
- OSFA0
what happens to us at 40 you ask?
Most of us turn gay and open a small flower and gift shop, become wedding planners or __________ feel free to fill in the blank.
- bah, i better get on the flower arranging. only 12 years left!scarabin
- *cracks open "Wedding Planning for Dummies"
*purchases pink and aqua polo shirtsharlequino
- utopian0
^ OSFA how is the flower shop doing?
- OSFA0
what happens to us at 40 you ask?
Most of us turn gay and open a small flower and gift shop, become wedding planners or __________ feel free to fill in the blank.
- OSFA0
The important thing is to stay creative honey!
- jerseyred0
these type of stories happen every day to people who aren't creative -
- japan suicide cliff - http://www.japanprob…jerseyred
- True. And their respective industry message boards are discussing them.harlequino
- pffft hahaha...OSFA
- not much to discuss though, rightjerseyred
- ********0
must have been horrible living in that condo all those years
- jerseyred0
he could have volunteered his services to keep up his portfolio -
- Geith0
Title of this post reads like it was written by a 14 year-old. Is this how you want your obit posted on a design message board someday? And this guy had a respected legacy and portfolio to boot. Ah, Rodney Dangerfield was right... "no respect."
- Thinking like 14yr and missing the point.********
- You made a point? Looks like an article clip to me.Geith
- Thinking like 14yr and missing the point.