Today’s 1st day of instruction went well. I dusted off a year’s worth of teaching absence and got through it relatively unscathed. There were some false starts in the early part of my first class but got rolling fairly well after the 1st hour. I think by the end of my 2nd class I started to feel my voice start leaving me… I think I’ll need to bring a jug of coffee with me to class.
To the students of Art 112 (if any of you are reading this) thanks for coming to class today and I hope to see many of your faces again next week Tuesday.
On that note, I bookmarked a great link the other week from a designer named Frank Chimero. This was his advice to budding graphic design students. I liked many of his thoughts:
Look people in the eyes when you are talking or listening to them. The best teachers are the ones who treat their classrooms like a workplace, and the worst ones are the ones who treat their classroom like a classroom as we’ve come to expect it. Eat breakfast. Realize that you are learning a trade, so craft matters more than most say. Realize that design is also a liberal art. Quiet is always an option, even if everyone is yelling. Libraries are a good place. The books are free there, and it smells great.
LoweStudio Inc was founded by me, Raphael Lowe, a Honolulu based illustrator and web designer. I presently design and manage a few dozen commercial websites, but my main focus these days is acting as the head developer for Kapiolani Community College and teaching