When we were doing our first ‘creative’ endeavours in high school–essays, paintings, poems–there was a large focus from the very beginning on originality. We were told to try and be original, discouraged from copying, and rewarded for uniqueness, even in its most basic forms.
Amidst a lot of inspirational discourse is a common backbone: that failure is a stepping stone to success. It’s been said tonnes of times and is an integral part of every ’successful’ story: the thousand’s of times that I failed is the reason that I succeed.
There has been a debate raging for quite a while now: Should designers know how to code? So far, I’ve stood on the side of: designers should know about the tech they are using to know its potential and use it well.