Josh Nelson
Environmental Design, 2013. Creative Director at JNKM Design
www.jnkmdesign.com
“When you hear of Harvard or MIT you think of the best of the best. I want that to occur when I say I went to OCAD U.”
What skills or relationships developed at OCAD U helped you participate in your field? Is there anything you would have done differently?
The presentation skills and unwavering confidence that resulted from abusive critiques night after night of late nights gave me a sort of creative and emotional endurance. That skill isn’t natural and I believe in many ways is unique to the OCAD studio culture. One thing I would have done differently is networked more. In the typical undergrad style I found my circle of friends and didn’t reach out from that often enough during the years in the University. It was much more difficult to build authentic bonds after you’re released into the real world and everyone is competing for work and trying to prove themselves.
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