too many designers?
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- ukit
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/…
An article, but maybe even more relevant today. Basically it says schools might be graduating far more people than the industry can actually support.
- ninjasavant0
true of every industry except nursing.
- and the armed forces.robco
- and sewage specialists.andrewwwahlin
- ********0
we can thank places like ITTTech and Devry who pump out "graphic designers" in 18 months with a degree... jesus.
- thank you ITTTech and Devry - your contribution has been appreciated ;)********
- thank you ITTTech and Devry - your contribution has been appreciated ;)
- waterhouse0
I've thought about this for some time. And each one thinks himself a brilliant inventor.
- what makes you say that?********
- Way too many people I went to school with and continue to meet nowadays are more interested in celebrity than quality work.waterhouse
- quality work.waterhouse
- what makes you say that?
- akrokdesign0
the schools lies a lot. their marketing has no truth to it. saying that 94% of students get work after. there no way, even when its good times.
- English major?********
- designakrokdesign
- you have to know that they mostly include little jobs.. they don't care if it's one week or 1 year..elektro
- English major?
- inkpink0
yes true of every industry, but ours is exceptionally over-saturated... multiply by the average designer egos and it feels tenfold.
- ********0
Proliferation of design.
- tcmmct0
It is over saturated, but I wouldn't worry too much about it. People who use CrowdSpring call themselves graphic designers. Sure there is competition for good positions, but most of the 'graphic designerz' aren't even considered so they vomit their logos on crowdspring to business owners who wouldn't know a good mark from a sidewalk drawing.
- tOki0
As long as you are a good designer there is nothing to worry about because the amount of shit designers out there completely eclipses the ones who have real talent.
- JerseyRaindog0
When I was at college the average expectancy was that 20% would be lucky to get work. That was about 18 years ago. Nothings changed.
- my school is like 90% placement in 6 months... hard to say for this year though.robco
- tjw05110
I have a friend in school right now and he is about to graduate with a degree in BA graphic design but honestly from the work that he puts out, he doesn't have a chance in the field.....why are teachers these days so easy on students, better yet why are the teachers sucky designers?
- ********0
It feels more over saturated because --
- advancement of communication / internet
- increase in connectivity to one another
- increase in mobility of creative.
- remote working relations- or maybe because there actually are more people who are interested in beautifying things in this ugly greedy world of ours?********
- or maybe because there actually are more people who are interested in beautifying things in this ugly greedy world of ours?
- ********0
universities and colleges are money making business, why would they want to cap the amount of enrolled students? They dont care about over crowding an industry as long as they can cram their lecture theatres with hordes of "fee paying" students.
- KwesiJ0
personally its not about the schools or teachers etc its about the over-expectations of the feild and what it is. and when it comes down to it you don't need a zillion trained monkies designing everything because its design and needs thought and experience... i guess
- i think schools play up the demand and details of being a 'designer' in the real world of coarseKwesiJ
- Mau0
aye
- ********0
school was pretty much a waste for me. the most talented individuals that i've met thus far have either not gone to school at all or gotten a degree in a completely unrelated field
- ********0
the educational industrial complex exists solely to make money for its institutions, training graduates for whom there are no jobs
- t_rock0
that's why I'm moving into the exciting field of small arms repair
- ********0
sure there are too many designers but there are the right amount of bad designers, leaving enough open slots for good ones
- ********0
DUH! good thing they're a ton of coupon designing, yellow page advertising and horrible advertising agencies to pick of the pieces.
- ********0
I think that designers should be culled on a yearly basis to ensure the survival of the species.