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5 Invaluable Tips Designers Can Learn From Waiting Tables

22/08/2013

It’s useful to remember that design is a service. And few things can teach you the intricacies of service like catering to (...)
It’s useful to remember that design is a service. And few things can teach you the intricacies of service like catering to hungry, impatient, and occasionally intoxicated strangers. I quit my desk job the moment I decided to become an industrial designer. I’d been in charge of a five-person department in a fast-growing company and suddenly found myself waiting tables, being barked at like I was the dumbest person on the planet. But a flexible schedule was the only thing that would permit me to hone the skills I needed to change careers. So I took a leap of faith. It’s useful to remember that design is a service. And few things can teach you the intricacies of service like catering to hungry, impatient, and occasionally intoxicated strangers. The low end of the food-service totem pole offers lessons that apply directly, unforgivingly, to the business of design.Read Full Story    
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