"Educational experience is important but not mandatory for designing—I didn’t go to school for design. I began my career right after graduating high school so I had ZERO knowledge of design when I started. It’s funny—I didn’t even know about Helvetica at that time. Arial was my favorite font. I feel like design school is almost like an escalator to get to the next floor. You can get there quickly and comfortably but you might forget a couple things along the way. I took the stairs. It took time but I’ve learned a lot the hard way through tons of mistakes. Every mistake I made taught me something new and I think that ultimately made me into a stronger designer."
JoonYong Park, CCO at Firstborn
