Hands-On Design: Reinvent Your Creative Process

Overview

“Hello, my name is Jan Wilker. In this lesson, I will tell you about my background, growing up in a picturesque city in the South of Germany, and about my path from architecture student to graphic design graduate, from an internship in New York, to my own New York design studio. I will go into detail on how I established my own design firm together with my business partner Hjalti Karlsson, our struggles and our successes, and will share with you some of our work from the past 20 years.”

In this video lesson Jan Wilker addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Hands-On Design: Reinvent Your Creative Process. Reframe your design process by exploring playful experimentation that caters to your project’s specific needs.

Partial transcription of the video

“About Me Hello, my name is Jan Wilker and I welcome you all to my Domestika course. I'm originally from Germany. I grew up in the south in a picturesque city called Ulm, at the foot of the Alps. That meant for me that I'd go skiing in the winter months and, like every German boy, I would play soccer during the summer months. My father was a researcher at university and my mom worked at a nonprofit that tested children's toys. That was great for us, my brother and me, because we would get new toys a lot and we would have to test them and fill out forms together with my mom. That was great. I...”

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Course summary for: Hands-On Design: Reinvent Your Creative Process

• Level: Beginner
• 95% positive reviews (21)
• 684 students
• 4 units
• 13 lessons (1h 45m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Design

• Areas

  Creativity, Design, Design Management