Design and Architecture
Does Debt Shrink Designers' Dreams?
Design school grads face an obstacle to starting their careers: huge debt. Alissa Walker reports from Calarts. And Greg Lindsay talks about “engineering serendipity.”
By Frances Anderton • • 27m ListenStudents in the US are leaving college with huge debt. And that includes design graduates too. What does that mean for LA’s young talent that hopes to make their mark on the world? Alissa Walker talks to graduates of Calarts, and found that debt is real but that it doesn’t always cramp designers’ style. Plus, Greg Lindsay talks about creating creativity through “engineering serendipity.”
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2 storiesEngineering Serendipity
If creativity could be bottled it would be bestseller. And that’s exactly what companies are trying to do – use data analysis and workspace planning to enable the serendipitous encounters that result in the Eureka moments that create bonanzas for company. But is creativity something that can be contrived by design or by algorithm?
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Design entrepreneurs are part of the engine of LA economy – and fuel its reputation for innovation. But what happens when young designers who hope to start their own companies face the problem most graduates are facing nationwide: Huge debt.
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