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~ Ivonne
Milton
Designer and illustrator specializing in brand identity design, web design and UI/UX design, based in Toronto via Milton.
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“It’s a slow and ongoing process of sharpening your sensibility and also your own understanding of yourself and the world.”
Natasha Jen is a partner at Pentagram and an award-winning, intelligent designer. I found this quote in an interview with her about her outlook on her career and it struck me. This is the definition of growth, career or otherwise.
Check out this PRINT mag interview with Natasha Jen to learn more about this thoughtful designer.
Sometimes it's not about the end result but about knowing that you tried and attempted something. Maybe it works out. Maybe it doesn't. Better to know than to always wonder.
“Don’t take just the next thing that comes along to get out of a place that you’re in that might not make you happy, because there’s always gonna be something that doesn’t make you happy but you have to really try to hold out for something that is worthy of what you can provide.”
“How do you want to spend your day?...
What is your metric for success?
Maybe your metric for success is you want to be recognized as good at what you do. You want to be recognized as being competent at what you do. I think that’s a dangerous road to walk down because now your notion of success is completely dependent on strangers and what they feel...
How you spend your day every day is your life.”
“The only way out is through.”
