Hasta La Ideas

Students enrolled in automotive design programs have been feeling the pressure lately of realizing they likely won’t be able to work in their chosen profession once they graduate. But that’s been more of a feeling than an overt “you’re making a mistake,” which is exactly the sorts of warnings designers Ian Cochrane and Michael Peters have issued, saying that students who are currently enrolled in design programs of any sort should start looking around to see what else they’re good at because there are just too many of them and too few positions available, which is never easy to here, no matter your profession. Here’s a bit:

‘Look for jobs in industries that have vacancies — I mean, if you want to design restaurants, it is good to have worked in one or two,’ [Cochrane] says.

Branding guru Michael Peters concurs, saying, ‘There is too big a supply of young designers and far too many people doing mediocre work.’

Also not a great sign when, just weeks ago, Cochrane was telling Design Week that he expected the design industry to bounce back fairly quickly.

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