Natural speed please
When I become a college senior, I started my job hunting. At that time I was hesitating over whether I should be a designer or not.
This was because what I had learned at the college was mainly design theories, not practical design methods. In addition, I didn't have my portfolio, or, more precisely, I couldn't even make it.
Most design aspirants go on to art schools, where they learn practical methods.
They are required to create something tangible or practical in assignments and projects given them in their courses.
On the other hand I had few assignments to make something concrete because my college was specialized in design theories. Therefore, it was very difficult for me to prepare my portfolio. At that time I thought that many of the designers in Japan gave first priority to the aesthetic expressive skills, not to the way of thinking, and that being a designer is required to make something beautiful. If I had had the good aesthetic expressive skills, I could have had a confidence to be a designer. As it was, I needed to rethink that. People around recommended me to choose jobs in which I could make good use of the way of design thinking.
I myself thought that there was no reason why I had to be a designer just because I had learned design for only 4 years in the collage. However, my curiosity made me want to be a designer. As it was no use hesitating before I tried, I decided to go to Tokyo to have an interview with the company which was recruiting some designers.
