Ask Siedah: Looking For Design Resources and Other Designers in Los Angeles

We’re debuting a new monthly advice column here at Revision Path calledย Ask Siedah. Designer, writer, and entrepreneur Siedah Mitchum is here to respond to your questions about career choices, business advice, design, and much more. Submit your questions at asksiedah@revisionpath.com, and they may be answered in a future column!

Q:ย I finally admitted to myself that I am a creative and I have a gift that is going to waste as an accountant and the profession isn’t as fulfilling as I wish. I would preferably like to not go back to school full-time to learn the skills I need to be a graphic designer. What are the best courses, books or other design resources I should look into to get started?

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Design School or No?

Graduation season is here, and high school seniors are choosing whether to go straight into the workforce or to attend college. For those interested in design, thereโ€™s an additional dilemma: if they go to college, should they enroll in a formal design program? To gain more insight into the outcomes of this decision, I spoke with design professionals Sam Adaramola and Hali Bakarr. Continue reading โ†’

Gail Anderson Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from The National Design Awards

The National Design Awards celebrates design as a vital humanistic tool in shaping the world, and seeks to create national awareness of design by educating the public and promoting excellence, innovation, and lasting achievement.

And speaking of achievement, this year’s Lifetime Achievement award has been awarded to Gail Anderson! Gail is both an alumnus and faculty member at the School for Visual Arts in New York City, as well as co-founder of Anderson Newton Design.
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