School is a place to learn alongside other people. When you learn together, you also end up learning from each other — through the conversations you have, friendships you foster, projects you share, collaborations you, uh, collaborate, and the many successes and failures you see through (whether you want to or not). What you might not realize during this experience is that by studying, you become part of a new generation of designers that have the chance to push the discipline and industry forward. In this chapter, I’ll share conversations I had with the peers I’ve studied and worked alongside.
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There were twelve other designers in my cohort at RISD: Alec, Berett, Clinton, Emily, Glikeriya, Husna, Kaela, Lydia, Michelle, Rebecca, Shiyue, and Soo Min. I’m lucky to call all of them my friends. Some of these friends studied alongside me for three years, and some for two. In either case, that was enough time spent together such that it makes me sad to know we’ll split up when this program ends. I don’t know what they’ll all do, but I want to know. And I want to know how our shared experience studying design affected each of their lives. So, after the dust has settled, we’ll meet again.
I haven’t had this conversation yet, but I will. When I have, I’d love to meet you back here so that I can share it with you.
There were twelve other designers in my cohort at RISD: Alec, Berett, Clinton, Emily, Glikeriya, Husna, Kaela, Lydia, Michelle, Rebecca, Shiyue, and Soo Min. I’m lucky to call all of them my friends. Some of these friends studied alongside me for three years, and some for two. In either case, that was enough time spent together such that it makes me sad to know we’ll split up when this program ends. I don’t know what they’ll all do, but I want to know. And I want to know how our shared experience studying design affected each of their lives. So, after the dust has settled, we’ll meet again.
I haven’t had this conversation yet, but I will. When I have, I’d love to meet you back here so that I can share it with you.
There were twelve other designers in my cohort at RISD: Alec, Berett, Clinton, Emily, Glikeriya, Husna, Kaela, Lydia, Michelle, Rebecca, Shiyue, and Soo Min. I’m lucky to call all of them my friends. Some of these friends studied alongside me for three years, and some for two. In either case, that was enough time spent together such that it makes me sad to know we’ll split up when this program ends. I don’t know what they’ll all do, but I want to know. And I want to know how our shared experience studying design affected each of their lives. So, after the dust has settled, we’ll meet again.
I haven’t had this conversation yet, but I will. When I have, I’d love to meet you back here so that I can share it with you.
There were twelve other designers in my cohort at RISD: Alec, Berett, Clinton, Emily, Glikeriya, Husna, Kaela, Lydia, Michelle, Rebecca, Shiyue, and Soo Min. I’m lucky to call all of them my friends. Some of these friends studied alongside me for three years, and some for two. In either case, that was enough time spent together such that it makes me sad to know we’ll split up when this program ends. I don’t know what they’ll all do, but I want to know. And I want to know how our shared experience studying design affected each of their lives. So, after the dust has settled, we’ll meet again.
I haven’t had this conversation yet, but I will. When I have, I’d love to meet you back here so that I can share it with you.
There were twelve other designers in my cohort at RISD: Alec, Berett, Clinton, Emily, Glikeriya, Husna, Kaela, Lydia, Michelle, Rebecca, Shiyue, and Soo Min. I’m lucky to call all of them my friends. Some of these friends studied alongside me for three years, and some for two. In either case, that was enough time spent together such that it makes me sad to know we’ll split up when this program ends. I don’t know what they’ll all do, but I want to know. And I want to know how our shared experience studying design affected each of their lives. So, after the dust has settled, we’ll meet again.
I haven’t had this conversation yet, but I will. When I have, I’d love to meet you back here so that I can share it with you.
There were twelve other designers in my cohort at RISD: Alec, Berett, Clinton, Emily, Glikeriya, Husna, Kaela, Lydia, Michelle, Rebecca, Shiyue, and Soo Min. I’m lucky to call all of them my friends. Some of these friends studied alongside me for three years, and some for two. In either case, that was enough time spent together such that it makes me sad to know we’ll split up when this program ends. I don’t know what they’ll all do, but I want to know. And I want to know how our shared experience studying design affected each of their lives. So, after the dust has settled, we’ll meet again.
I haven’t had this conversation yet, but I will. When I have, I’d love to meet you back here so that I can share it with you.
There were twelve other designers in my cohort at RISD: Alec, Berett, Clinton, Emily, Glikeriya, Husna, Kaela, Lydia, Michelle, Rebecca, Shiyue, and Soo Min. I’m lucky to call all of them my friends. Some of these friends studied alongside me for three years, and some for two. In either case, that was enough time spent together such that it makes me sad to know we’ll split up when this program ends. I don’t know what they’ll all do, but I want to know. And I want to know how our shared experience studying design affected each of their lives. So, after the dust has settled, we’ll meet again.
I haven’t had this conversation yet, but I will. When I have, I’d love to meet you back here so that I can share it with you.
There were twelve other designers in my cohort at RISD: Alec, Berett, Clinton, Emily, Glikeriya, Husna, Kaela, Lydia, Michelle, Rebecca, Shiyue, and Soo Min. I’m lucky to call all of them my friends. Some of these friends studied alongside me for three years, and some for two. In either case, that was enough time spent together such that it makes me sad to know we’ll split up when this program ends. I don’t know what they’ll all do, but I want to know. And I want to know how our shared experience studying design affected each of their lives. So, after the dust has settled, we’ll meet again.
I haven’t had this conversation yet, but I will. When I have, I’d love to meet you back here so that I can share it with you.
There were twelve other designers in my cohort at RISD: Alec, Berett, Clinton, Emily, Glikeriya, Husna, Kaela, Lydia, Michelle, Rebecca, Shiyue, and Soo Min. I’m lucky to call all of them my friends. Some of these friends studied alongside me for three years, and some for two. In either case, that was enough time spent together such that it makes me sad to know we’ll split up when this program ends. I don’t know what they’ll all do, but I want to know. And I want to know how our shared experience studying design affected each of their lives. So, after the dust has settled, we’ll meet again.
I haven’t had this conversation yet, but I will. When I have, I’d love to meet you back here so that I can share it with you.
There were twelve other designers in my cohort at RISD: Alec, Berett, Clinton, Emily, Glikeriya, Husna, Kaela, Lydia, Michelle, Rebecca, Shiyue, and Soo Min. I’m lucky to call all of them my friends. Some of these friends studied alongside me for three years, and some for two. In either case, that was enough time spent together such that it makes me sad to know we’ll split up when this program ends. I don’t know what they’ll all do, but I want to know. And I want to know how our shared experience studying design affected each of their lives. So, after the dust has settled, we’ll meet again.
I haven’t had this conversation yet, but I will. When I have, I’d love to meet you back here so that I can share it with you.
There were twelve other designers in my cohort at RISD: Alec, Berett, Clinton, Emily, Glikeriya, Husna, Kaela, Lydia, Michelle, Rebecca, Shiyue, and Soo Min. I’m lucky to call all of them my friends. Some of these friends studied alongside me for three years, and some for two. In either case, that was enough time spent together such that it makes me sad to know we’ll split up when this program ends. I don’t know what they’ll all do, but I want to know. And I want to know how our shared experience studying design affected each of their lives. So, after the dust has settled, we’ll meet again.
I haven’t had this conversation yet, but I will. When I have, I’d love to meet you back here so that I can share it with you.
There were twelve other designers in my cohort at RISD: Alec, Berett, Clinton, Emily, Glikeriya, Husna, Kaela, Lydia, Michelle, Rebecca, Shiyue, and Soo Min. I’m lucky to call all of them my friends. Some of these friends studied alongside me for three years, and some for two. In either case, that was enough time spent together such that it makes me sad to know we’ll split up when this program ends. I don’t know what they’ll all do, but I want to know. And I want to know how our shared experience studying design affected each of their lives. So, after the dust has settled, we’ll meet again.
I haven’t had this conversation yet, but I will. When I have, I’d love to meet you back here so that I can share it with you.