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Archive - June 2017
Hello ! It’s Chou-Tac, How things going today ? At noon, I met Eugene and his wife Mandy for lunch at Ho Chi Minh City. They are such a lovely couple. Vietnam is the 3rd country I met in real life people who follow the Design Sketchbook blog. It’s meaningful to me and I feel closer to my readers and students. Let me share with you about Eugene’s story as an aspiring designer, as you may live the same situation. Eugene is a “white collar”, 28yo and wants to change his path to become a designer. He left a message for me on Facebook, saying we are both in the same city thus we should meet. So we did, and Eugene bring me for a lunch for a Bun Cha Ha Noi. :) Eugene is looking for enrolling into a design school in USA. However he’s worried as he doesn’t feel having good enough sketching skills. He loves design and wants to improve people’s daily life. He’s an observer, and often wonder how to make things better. He has a lot of ideas...
Hello! It’s Chou-Tac How are you today? Last day I was at Panam, a French pub in Ho Chi Minh owned and driven by my franco-viet friends Khiem and Remy. I enjoy going there to chill and eat Kebab. They make the greatest Kebab in town with amazing Belgium fries. YUM !! When you reach inside, you can expect a warm gathering of laughing and enthusiast people. And that night, we were singing Karaoke! I did not sing myself but I did bring my sketchbook with my Pilot pen. I took them out from my bag and doodle a sneaker. I felt pretty inspired as I am these days preparing a sneaker course for my members. I love drawing shoes during my spare time. My right hand was sketching, while my left hand was recording the video with my phone. It was not easy as my drawing hand was a bit shaky plus I could not turn my paper. (Turning paper is essential to sketch faster and with precision. To avoid contorting yourself to draw certain lines or curves.) I was doodling with a loose hand, and I like it...
Hello! It’s Chou-Tac A lot of designers happened to be introvert (included me), and we may suffer from not being able to socialize with people as easy as we would like to. Networking is not natural for us. Let me share with you a simple trick I practice that starts giving results for me. :) Have you ever met nice people and forgot their name a few minutes later ? Me, I did a lot, and still do. Do you have a goldfish memory? Since I am in Vietnam, I may have already “met more than 100 people and names” in less 10 days. Some more, the names got different origins. That makes the game even more challenging. On Tuesday, I went to an event called “Mundo Lingo Vietnam”. It’s an event where locals and foreigners gather around a drink and chit chat in different languages. I invite you to check it out if you got one in your country! It’s so exciting! The first 10 minutes I reach there, I feel shy. Get a Whisky Coke and walk around. Then, people come to...
Hello guys from Vietnam ! How are you doing today ? Here is pretty rainy (Raining season), and I just came back from lunch. I am thinking to start sharing with you more about my daily inspiration thoughts or inspiration as a product designer. As I believe that design sketching techniques are just one piece of the puzzle. Creativity, an other one. Would this piece of puzzle be something you may like receiving ? Let me know ! Today, let me share with you a story that may arouse your designer’s mindset. My aim is it show you that design is everywhere, and not only within objects, but daily life and random meetings. This is why I love travelling and meet interesting people on my way. Have a chat, and discover more about stories they have to tell. It inspires me, reminds me how humble is our designer life, and keep learning all life long. Remember that a designer breath design in every instant, even when he sleeps. It’s not a 8 to 6 job. We got to learn how to listen and...
Hello! I'm Chou-Tac, a Product Designer from France.
If the sketching methods I’ve acquired aid me in my life and in my industrial design career, I believe that they can also help you reach your dream goal as a student or professional designer.
Leave a comment in the blog or send me an email at choutac@thedesignsketchbook.com : )
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