When I was always questioned what I want to be when I grew up, I never really thought what can I see myself doing for the rest of my life, I never really thought what is a big money maker, I simply thought….what is fun?
Ever since I was young I found a passion in drawing, designing, and building….back from the days where I would be building houses out of Lego, to my more mature days where I rebuild cars. It always lit up my eyes, it always left me excited to have completed something, look back at it and think “I did that”. There were three main factors that contributed to this admiration, and they were; creating something unique, making something from nothing, and fun. When I got to my later high school days I started searching university courses, and then I noticed how much I loved Design and technology at school, It was by far always my favorite subject and would always show up and class with a smile, this led to my choice in industrial design.
Being a designer I realized that it is all about creating or designing something, that is not already designed, this contributed to me wanting to create something unique. The aspect of making something unrealistic, seem a reality always had my wanting to work harder and push more for design. Somebody that truly inspired me in this area was James Dyson, whom which I saw a design exhibition for whilst in high school. Watching designs of his like the ball barrow, to the bag less vacuum cleaner. His vacuum cleaner was always seen as unique, but impractical, some companies even laughed at him, whilst after he went through the effort to design it. His company is now taken control of the vacuum cleaning market.
Making something from nothing was ALWAYS a big hit for me, the general concept of having an idea in your head, and then with some thought, and innovation, that thing in your head could become something real and practical. This led to the limitation of what I considered as design, was the limitation of whatever I can imagine. This added somewhat a large fun factor to it. Knowing that what I create was from my head, and if designing for someone else, it is something that they can enjoy.
Making something from nothing was ALWAYS a big hit for me, the general concept of having an idea in your head, and then with some thought, and innovation, that thing in your head could become something real and practical. This led to the limitation of what I considered as design, was the limitation of whatever I can imagine. This added somewhat a large fun factor to it. Knowing that what I create was from my head, and if designing for someone else, it is something that they can enjoy.
The last yet MOST important factor was fun. If you do not enjoy doing what you’re doing, then why do it? Teachers like to teach, so they become a teacher, they enjoy it. The same concept is for me and designing. I will design something, I will have fun during the process, there will always be some hurdles, but in the end, when the product is complete, I have a smile on my face. If design was not a fun thing to do, then the evolution of every product we use in our day to day life will be very limited.
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