Learning Through Stealing: how to become better at your craft.

In art class we were taught to copy the masters such as Da Vinci, Van Gough, and Caravaggio. This taught us skills like technique, form, & contrast. The same principle applies to learning any skill – steal from the masters and learn from it.
In this design-focused talk, we’re going to explore a few methods of sharpening our skills and intuition. Design, code, & user experience can all be improved when we take a deeper look into successful implementations. We’ll analyze some methods and steal a few things along the way – learning how to truly make it our own.

Transcript

1. Learning Through HOW TO BECOME BETTER AT YOUR CRAFT Stealing
2. Unique
3. Original
4. memorable
5. STEAL
6. - ERIKA HALL We’re All Imposters (so be a good one!) “
7. THIEVES?
9. My Company Logo!
10. BLURRED LINES
11. Learn
12. STEPS TO BECOMING A THIEF:
13. STEPS TO BECOMING A THIEF: BETTER AT YOUR CRAFT *
14. Dissect 1 ESTABLISHED BRANDS
15. COPy WHAT YOU LOVE 2
16. adapt 3 & IMPROVE
17. Dissect 1 ESTABLISHED BRANDS
24. logodesignlove.com/brand-identity-style-guides
25. playbook.cio.gov/designstandards/
27. logodesignlove.com/brand-identity-style-guides
29. compile
34. design intelligence
35. COPy WHAT YOU LOVE 2
36. COPy WHAT YOU LOVE 2 WORKS *
38. - PABLO PICASSO Good artists copy, great artists steal. “
39. LEARNED BEHAVIoRS
40. scroll forever. THEREISNOPAGEFOLD.COM
41. scroll forever. as far as i want you to until i make you hit load more *
43. Micro -interactions
45. microinteractions.com
46. microinteractions.com
47. adapt 3 & IMPROVE
48. - ALBERT EINSTEIN The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. “
49. Material Design
52. - T. S. ELIOT Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different. “
56. google.com/design/spec/material-design/
57. materialup.com
58. materializecss.com
59. Dissect 1 ESTABLISHED BRANDS
60. COPy WHAT YOU LOVE 2
61. adapt 3 & IMPROVE
62. collaborate 4
63. critique
64. open source
65. STEAL THIS TALK
66. thieves forever
67. Thank You SARA CANNON HTTP://RAN.GE New York
68. SaRa Cannon Partner & Creative Director at Range http:/ /ran.ge @saracannon slideshare.net/saracannon