Blog 6

I interviewed Nikola Todorovic at the UNI as a Graphic Design student. Here's what he had to say:

what are they learning at UNI?
"Currently studying a double major – French Business and Graphic Technologies. Currently I am learning different ways to incorporate creativeness with a problem solving mentality."

how do you think/how do you view creativity?
"Creativity is a process, one that can be learned to some level; however the most creative people come up with concepts on their own. Everyone has a creative process and a work flow process however creativity comes from within. The same with athletic ability, you can teach someone to run 2 miles under a certain time, and some people don’t need to be taught because they’re good at running."

To what extent do you think programming is an essential skill?
"Programming is important because it provides a foundation for website development. However, technology will soon eliminate most need for advanced coding knowledge and it will just be required to be basic knowledge in how to fix some things."

What classes are you taking?
"Graphic Design II, Technical Visualization, Website development, Graphic Technologies Foundation, Pre-press. "

What programming languages do you know?
"HMLT, CSS (C++)"

What do you want to do when they graduate?
"Photographer and graphic designer. Photographer for D&G and graphic design for a firm in California or internationally. "

What sort of projects are you working on?
"Websites, utilizing flash and dreamweaver, other creative side projects. Typography projects for Graphic Design II, in which a set text is repeated within 25 slides adding in difficulty as the slide number goes up. "

How do you feel about collaborating on projects with others?
"It depends what kind of project it is, and who the collaboration is with. There has to be a fundamental understand of not only software, but of technical and creative skill. If you were to ask me to do a collaboration with one of my graphic designer friends, I would say yes, however it also depends on what the outcome of the collaboration is supposed to be. If it’s for a grade, then yes as long as the person I’d be working with is experienced enough to complete the project and to complete it well. I think this question is better answered on a case-by-case basis. "
-Nikola Todorovic

Nikola is someone who I find very helpful and informative in his department. He is passionate about his work and he enjoys being active with his experience in the graphic design world. I found his responses to come fairly easy for him so you can tell he has a comfortable realization of what his thought process is as a graphic designer. It also reflects well in his answers he's provided.

In comparison to my thoughts I would say there are slight differences in who we are as individuals but some of our thought processes are the same when it comes to this topic. He says it best when he talked about finding creativity at different levels and within each individual. -TM