We are all designers, no matter what we do. Does that mean that anyone can judge our designs?

1. Who's judging whom
Vlad Burcă

2. &I’m a self taught designer
I’m not sorry about it

3. Design is not something exclusivist
We are all designers

4. Design is about
reflecting personality

5. There is NO
“good” or “wrong”
in design

6. Designers are now critical
to the success or failure
of a business

7. Too easily do we
point the finger at people’s work,
rate it as terrible,
and delight when others join in.

8. Too easily do we
point the finger at people’s work,
rate it as terrible,
and delight when others join in.

10. Should I care
about it?

11. The skills required to be a
GOOD
DESIGNER

13. SERIOUSLY?

15. There is NO
“good” or “wrong”
in design

16. THE DARK SIDE
of design

17. IS NOT
actually yours
Your portfolio

18. CONGRATULATIONS!
You are not that special!

19. “You can just whip that up
in an hour, right?”

20. “It’s just a logo!
You’re a professional,
I don’t see why this should take you
more than an hour.”

21. Imagine that you have to design a logo,
and you come up with this

28. Will it be approved?

32. Douglas Bowman
EX Visual Design Lead at Google
I’ve grown tired of debating
such minuscule design de-
cisions. There are more ex-
citing design problems in
this world to tackle.

33. "Everything,
and I mean everything,
is decided by the marketing team
at Apple."
(anonymous)

34. What’s wrong with this?
Marketing sells.
Doesn't it?

40. The next day
I was looking for a job

41. “What do you read”
(question form a job interview)

42. “You should read
something else”

44. “An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way.
An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.”

46. I am left-handed

47. and a smoker...

48. and a driver...

50. There is no ashtray
next to the steering wheel

51. WHY?

52. New Tab Button is on the left

53. WHY?

55. This is NORMAL

56. THANK YOU!