🦋 Best of the Best: Advice for New Designers

💎 Even newbies with natural flair and eyes for outstanding design need some help getting started. Our Indigo Design Award winners are seasoned and sage, with plenty of wisdom to spill. Since sharing is caring, we’ve compiled the best of the best for your curious eyeballs.

🌟 Joke DeWinter, 2022-24 winner, says there’s no cheat code to phenomenal designs. “My best advice is to practice, practice, practice,” she says. 2021’s

🌟 Gold Winner in Integrated Graphic Design for Social Change, Yan Yan, advises young designers to “look inwardly and be humble and stay curious and bold.”

🌟 Gold and Silver Indigo Design Award winner Sonja Meyer warns of the perils of falling into faddish design, lest it lose relevance hella quick. “Make sure your design solution will last five years or more,” she says.

🌟 Jenny Rudziensky took home 2023’s Gold for Interactive Design, emphasizes the importance of digging deep into a client’s brand to avoid future friction. “It often helps you find a piece of the puzzle you didn’t know was missing,” she says.

🌟 Multiple Gold winner Hsiao-Wen Hu (Nancy) credits understanding the foundational aspects of design and being comfortable with her personal, visual process with supercharging her career. Mastering the fundamentals is key to starting strong and letting your creativity blossom.

🏆 Whether you’re big league or beginner, we wanna see what you’ve got. Send your stellar design today, and let us promote you to the world.