Wether you're a freelance designer, or you're working in-house for a design agency or company, you need to be passionate about what you do. In this presentation I'm trying to help upping your passion by a variety of do's and don'ts.

1. PASSION
Build 2009 Tim
Van
Damme
/
@maxvoltar

2. MY MISSION TODAY
What I’ll be talking about

3. MY MISSION TODAY
Why
should
you
be
more
passionate?
How
to
be
more
passionate
about
your
job
Tips
on
how
to
share
your
passion
★ With
other
designers
★ With
clients
★ With
the
world

4. WHY?
Why should you be more passionate?

5. WHY?
You’re
in
for
the
long
run
You
get
to
see
the
bigger
picture
It
only
gets
easier
Higher
quality
work

6. YOU
Yes, I’m talking about you!

7. YOU
All
work
no
play...

8. YOU
All work no play...
Side
projects

9. Prettify by
Garrett
Murray

10. Art in my Coffee! by
Jina
Bolton
&
Meagan
Fisher

11. “Ye olde bird” by
Elliot
Jay
Stocks

12. WallSwaps by
Erskine
Design

13. Carbonmade

14. YOU
All work no play...
Side
projects
Redesign
things
just
for
pleasure

15. iTunes Store Redesign

16. YOU
All work no play...
Side
projects
Redesign
things
just
for
pleasure
Do
free
work

17. 24ways

18. YOU
All work no play...
Side
projects
Redesign
things
just
for
pleasure
Do
free
work
Earning
something
extra

19. IconShoppe by
Dan
Cederholm

20. YOU
All
work
no
play...
Push

21. YOU
Push
Keep
learning
★ New
technologies
★ Stay
on
top
of
new
trends
★ Software
Try
to
do
better,
every
day
★ Never
be
satisLied

22. “
You're
doing
something
wrong
if
you
can't
look
at
your
work
from
a
year
ago
and
feel
you
could
have
done
better.
Kyle
Meyer

23. YOU
Push
Keep
learning
★ New
technologies
★ Stay
on
top
of
new
trends
★ Software
Try
to
do
better,
every
day
★ Never
be
satisLied
★ What
can
I
improve?

24. YOU
All
work
no
play...
Push
Love/Hate

25. YOU
Love/Hate
How
to
get
projects
you
love
doing?

26. YOU
Love/Hate
How
to
get
projects
you
love
doing?
Show
off
the
kind
of
projects
you
like
Contact
people
who’s
website
you’d
like
to
redesign

27. Atebits

28. YOU
Love/Hate
How
to
get
projects
you
love
doing?
Show
off
projects
you
love
doing
Contact
people
who’s
website
you’d
like
to
redesign
Specialize
★ A
certain
style
★ A
certain
audience

29. YOU
Love/Hate
How
to
get
projects
you
love
doing?
How
to
work
on
projects
you
don’t
like
doing?

30. YOU
Love/Hate
How
to
work
on
projects
you
don’t
like
doing?
Look
for
little
things
you
can
improve
Divide
projects
in
small
bits,
and
attack
one
part
at
a
time
Even
boring
projects
pay
your
rent
Grow
a
pair

31. YOU
Love/Hate
How
to
get
projects
you
love
doing?
How
to
work
on
projects
you
don’t
like
doing?
Forward
projects
you’re
unable
to
accept
Allow
yourself
to
be
jealous

32. Brokers Direct by
Sam
Brown

33. Ligature, Loop & Stem by
Luke
Dorny
&
Scott
Boms

34. Bobulate by
Jason
Santa
Maria

35. 31Three by
Jesse
Bennett-­Chamberlain

36. For A Beautiful Web by
Andy
Clarke

37. For A Beautiful Web by
Andy
Clarke

38. LittleSnapper by
Realmac
Software

39. YOU
Love/Hate
How
to
get
projects
you
love
doing?
How
to
work
on
projects
you
don’t
like
doing?
Forward
projects
you’re
unable
to
accept
Allow
yourself
to
be
jealous

40. YOU
All
work
no
play...
Push
Love/Hate
You’re
only
human

41. YOU
You’re only human
Don’t
wear
a
suit
Share
an
ofLice
space

42. 10to1 of:ice

43. YOU
You’re only human
Don’t
wear
a
suit
Share
an
ofLice
space
Collaborate
The
long
run
Prepare
to
fail

44. INTERMEZZO
How to eat a banana like a monkey

45. somedirection
on
YouTube

46. OTHER DESIGNERS
Sharing passion for design across borders

47. OTHER DESIGNERS
Teach

48. OTHER DESIGNERS
Teach
Local
schools
Adult
education
Barcamps/Conferences

49. OTHER DESIGNERS
Teach
Not
only
is
teaching
others
the
right
thing
to
do,
it’s
also
very
satisfying.

50. OTHER DESIGNERS
Teach
Blog

51. OTHER DESIGNERS
Blog
Experiences
Things
that
fascinate
you
Tips
&
tricks
Behind
the
scenes
of
projects
...

52. OTHER DESIGNERS
Teach
Blog
Write

53. OTHER DESIGNERS
Write
For
online
magazines
For
print
magazines
For
other
blogs

54. OTHER DESIGNERS
Teach
Blog
Write
Be
approachable
★ Twitter
★ Email
★ Instant
messaging

55. OTHER DESIGNERS
There’s
a
new
generation
of
designers
learning
the
craft
at
school
or
on
their
own
as
we
speak.
We
are
responsible
for
them.
Let
them
know
they’re
not
alone,
and
that
designers
support
each
other
through
thick
and
thin.
The
future
of
webdesign
lies
in
our
hands.

56. CLIENTS
Making clients more passionate about you

57. CLIENTS
How
do
we
calculate
what
we
charge?

58. WEBSITE

59. WEBSITE
=
£500?
€500?
$500?
500

60. PAGE
PAGE PAGE
PAGE PAGE

61. WEBSITE
=
PPP * N

62. 1 PAGE THE REST
CREATIVE WORK LABOR

64. WEBSITE
=
?

65. CLIENTS
How
do
we
calculate
what
we
charge?
What
is
possible
with
a
small
budget?
What’s
the
importance
of
usability,
accessibility,
user
testing...?
Let
them
know
you’re
taking
care
of
their
baby
There’s
no
reason
to
work
with
bad
apples

66. OTHERS
Friends, family... (non-techies)
No,
not
Fucking
Lost.

67. OTHERS
Explain
what
you
do
in
a
language
they
understand
Give
examples
with
services
they
use
(Facebook,
Gmail...)

68. CONCLUSION
Almost done...

69. “
Be
passionate
about
what
you
do.
If
you’re
not
passionate
about
design,
or
development,
do
us
all
a
favor
and
start
doing
something
else.
Passion
can
lead
to
greatness.
Noah
Stokes

70. CONCLUSION
The
web
is
blooming
Everyone’s
able
to
make
a
decent
living
Have
passion,
have
fun,
enjoy
the
ride

71. THANK YOU

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