Exercise 2: Future Bio
Assigned: Class 2 (September 8)
Due: Class 3 (September 10)
Learning Goals
This exercise encourages students to envision their professional trajectory and articulate career aspirations, helping them understand the breadth of design career possibilities while setting personal motivation for skill development.Instructions
Write a 200-500 word professional biography imagining your accomplishments 30 years from now. Submit via the Future Bio Google Form.Consider including:
- The kinds of work you will have completed
- Collaborations with other people/companies
- Your specialty and what you're known for
- Awards or recognitions you've received
- Your clients and exhibition history
- Publications featuring your work
Be as imaginative and fantastical as you want, or use it to verbalize realistic professional goals. This should be a creative exercise, so have fun with it!
Reference Examples:
- 2x4: Michael Rock, Susan Sellers, Georgianna Stout:
2x4.org/people/ - Milton Glaser (note the short, intermediate and long versions):
miltonglaser.com/milton/#0 - Emory Douglas:
www.fastcompany.com/3062510/designing-the-black-panthers - Sheila Levrant de Bretteville:
art.yale.edu/SheilaLevrantDeBretteville
Successful Completion Rubric
- Meets word count (200-500 words)
- Creative vision shows imagination and personal aspiration
- Professional tone appropriate for a design bio
- Specific details about career path, not just general statements