Finding Myself as a Designer: A List of Favourites
As landscape architects, it is vital to question what is important to us. We must acknowledge that our intrinsic values and outside interests have the capacity to inform the places we create. Knowing yourself as a designer is critical.
As I come to the end of my degree, I am faced with the inevitable, finding a graduate job. Approaching this significant junction in my journey, it is critical to consider my personal values, interests and individual design style.
As part of this process I have created a list of my favourite things in order to help me find myself as a designer...
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| Llew Mejia, Graphic Design |
Artist: John Waterhouse
Graphic Designer: Llew Mejia
Fashion Designer: Vivienne Westwood
Garden Designer: Piet Oudolf
Landscape Architect/Urban Designer: Jan Gehl
Inventor: Leonardo DaVinci
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
Engineer: Elon Musk
Sweet: Parma Violets
Musician/Band: The 1975
Scientist: Fritjof Capra
Film Director: Christopher Nolan
Author: Enid Blyton
Pasta shape: Conchiglie
Horticulturist: Monty Don
Smell: Petrichor
Sound: Crunch of snow
Taste: Sweet potato fries
Plant/Flower: Digitalis purpurea
Material: Silk
Texture: Fresh bed sheets when they've just come out of the tumble dryer
Colour: Sage Green
Typeface/Font: Garamond
Industrial or Product designer: Steve Jobs
Garden or Park: Park Guell
Art Gallery: Tate Modern
Place on Earth: My Garden
Fruit: Pineapple
Time of day: Early morning
Day of the year: 25th December
Shop: Anthropology
Piece of music: Gypsy, Fleetwood Mac
Poetry/Lyrics: “Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself”
Book: The Hunger Games
Flavour of crisps: Vegetable Crisps
Coniferous tree: Pinus sylvestris
Design Style/Period: Minimalism
Commercial Brand: Cadbury
Entrepreneur: Grace Beverley
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