The first model I used in my career as a designer was a Hispanic girl named Patricia. I called her a “supermodel” because she was so thin and fit the criteria of today’s professional “supermodels”. Every year for the graduation show, the school hires a model for each graduate. After […]
The graduation show orgy of liver and soul
If you ask us what we remember most about school, I think all of us would say: the graduation show! This show, in terms of the atmosphere and the emotion everyone puts into it, is on par with New York Fashion Week in Bryan Park, except that each graduate of […]
The choice of the first job
Before we even left school, our teachers used to tell us that the choice of our first job was important, and that it would likely determine your future career trajectory. The first time I saw it, I thought it was a good idea. Although you always have the possibility to […]
Find your place in a small company
A year into the job, two openings arose at a large company, one as a designer in the usual sense (now renamed “creative designer”) and one as an “art designer. Both positions were offered to me, and I was given the choice. I didn’t hesitate to choose the former, and […]
Although the sparrow is small
The biggest feature of a small company is that it is small but full of all kinds of things, and it may have more work than a large company. The company’s owners are all eager to take their subordinates as one of ten, not as ten, but at least as […]
The Bitterness and Joy of a Large Company
Being a designer for a large company naturally has its “easy” side. The company’s design department is divided into many different departments, including design, production, sales planning, and sales. Even the design department is divided into “creative design”, “art design” and “technical design”. Among them, the “creative designer” is what […]
The cost of “pampering”
There must be a downside to everything, the better the treatment, the more stressful it is, and this is a well-known reality in fashion companies. The company’s design director, who earns half a million dollars a year, has to carry a suitcase to and from work every day, and people […]
Freelancer’s delight
There are many street gardens in New York, large and small. If it’s windy, or even if it’s raining a little, it’s not uncommon to see a lot of people with computers in the gardens from morning to night. If you go up to them and ask them, they are […]
Freelance worries
When you do become part of the seemingly enviable free workforce, you find that freedom is actually very expensive. The most straightforward is that you no longer have all the benefits available to full-time workers: no more stable health insurance; no sick leave for illness, no income if you don’t […]
You’re fired!
“Hey, do you have a minute? Please come to my office for a minute.” Unless the call is from your boss’s secretary who you’re secretly dating, there’s a 99 percent chance you’ll be fired from your company in the next five to 10 minutes. In the United States, it’s not […]