Together we went to Barcelona to attend the OFFF Conference for 3 days. People from different corners of the creative industry told us about their profession, their career, their tasks and their passions. Several universal pieces of advice stuck with me:
– Never let yourself be dissuaded from doing what you enjoy.
– Don’t let clients, bosses or deadlines drag you down.
– Never stop being curious
– and mistakes are there to be learned from, everyone makes them.
It was especially inspiring to listen to designers from all over the world and hear about their daily agency life. Some of them are now so well known that they no longer work in agencies or are self-employed. I remembered them above all others: David Carson, Bureau Borsche, ZetaFonts Foundry and the Panic Studio from Latvia. At the end of the excursion we visited the studio of DomesticStreamers which was also a totally inspiring experience. Although I have worked in a few agencies before, I was very surprised by the joy, ambition and morals with which they worked there. That was very impressive.
It was really good to be surrounded by so much creativity and Spanish joie de vivre over such a long period of time. It was also very nice to get to know my design colleagues better within the class. All in all, a very successful excursion!
