Journal
Sketching: A Dirty Word
Sketching has always been an integral part of my creative process, but for a while it felt like a dirty word in our industry, something low-brow and indulgent as opposed to the ‘serious business’ of design.
I remember the reaction of an ex-Nokia colleague when I told him I’d spent the whole day sketching; he found it hilarious. What I considered to be several highly productive hours of exploration and form development, he seemed to see as time spent messing around with crayons like a five-year-old at playtime.
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