How/Why some of us here at Doejo gravitated towards this wonderful field!

Liz

Photography got me into design actually (usually it’s the other way around). I was a photographer before I was a graphic designer. I appreciate well composed and innovative photos and that same sensitivity was easy to translate onto paper, buildings, canvas, screens…. I think all designers should be good photographers and all photographers should be good designers. At least if ya know what you’re doin’ 😉

Rachel 

Skateboarding. I loved skateboarding when i was younger and the whole culture, art, illustrations, mags, everything. Always wanted to design skatedecks, etc. 

Adam

I was Always making videos with friends when I was younger (spoofs, skate videos, blowing up stuff) and playing around in Photoshop. Then I had the opportunity to shadow my neighbor who was an editor at Filmworkers Club and that was the hook that got me.

Noah

The hours spent on AOL in the mid-90s searching for the distressed typewriter typeface on so many rock albums

Rinat

Punk Rock

Jeff

Failing as a computer engineer 🙂

Kristina

Edward Scissorhands, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman, & Batman Returns; by far, my earliest influences and inspiration. I always wanted to work on really crazy magical movie sets crafting costumes, makeup, and set designs…

Patrick

I didn’t have many friends growing up so rather than overcoming my crippling social anxiety and meeting new people i decided to porn it up and write computer programs.

Timur

I’ve been always curious about what products are made of and how..so when i was 5 or so I took all sort of things apart. Psychology and the brain – other things I was into… bad product design… So here I am 🙂