simloovoo:

“The NYC startup world needs more web product design talent. NYC has perhaps the best design community in the world, but most of the designers are trained in non-web design fields (e.g. print design). Most of the good design schools don’t emphasize web product design.”

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Over the past few years, Web Design and Motion Design have emerged as full fledged sub-industries to the traditional Branding and Print Design industry. Product/Service Design is a nascent discipline, but the curricula are being created, programs are being built, and communities (this very blog) are starting to form. It’s a huge opportunity for designers to set a career path early.

quote: Chris Dixon

(via logtransition)

I’ve been a graphic designer and design educator for over 25 years and I keep an eye on the employment ads for teaching positions at colleges and universities. Web design has been a staple for a decade, but there has been a clear shift in the last two or three years and now almost every ad I see for teaching positions requires motion design. I suspect this is because there is student demand for these courses, and partially input from employers.

But I think the main reason for this turn in hiring is that current faculty generally do not have these skills or experience in this area of design (I certainly don’t — everything I do has the good manners to sit still). Departments are looking to round out their lineup. This will probably even out eventually (programs still need folks to teach studio, print, prepress, typography, advertising, and general web skills) but for the foreseeable future, if you don’t also have motion in your portfolio, you are going to get quickly passed over for teaching jobs almost anywhere.

The same is about to be true of those with experience designing for the mobile web in their portfolio. The curriculum hasn’t yet caught up, but demand for “mobile first” thinking and responsive design is spiking very, very quickly.

— Visual Turn

Source: logtransition