In this episode we talk about getting feedback on your creative work. Feedback can be one of the single best ways to improve as a designer. We also touch on adopting the right mindset, and how to avoid feeling down about criticism.
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Show Notes for This Episode:
[1.00] Feedback is crucially important for designers
[1.40] It’s important to get feedback from the end consumer
[2.50] Design needs to ‘work’, it needs to ‘solve problems’
[3.20] The quality of feedback is so key
[4.20] Work needs to look good in brand, out in the real world
[4.50] The importance of getting feedback throughout the process
[6.00] So feedback is important, but how do you get it?
[6.30] Being specific, and guiding the viewer to give great feedback
[7.30] Getting brutally honest feedback from family and loved ones
[8.30] Overbearing art-directors and unwanted feedback
[9.30] Why group feedback can not be helpful
[10.00] Proving your feedback to clients
[10.20] Client feedback usually being right
[11.30] Asking the all important ‘why’
[12.30] Asking questions with direction
[13.20] Drawing the line in terms of doing what the client wants (making the feedback process easier)
[14.00] Dustin’s classic marketing example of jam
[14.40] Letting people vote for multiple pieces on social media
[15.30] How voting can lead to more in depth feedback
[16.30] Make feedback a game, make it fun
[16.55] A challenge for the listeners to get more feedback
[18.15] Leaving and receiving feedback can cause anxiety
[20.00] Don’t be leading with your feedback
[20.50] Discuss the demographics, context etc…
[21.35] Using mockup templates to give your work context
[22.45] How mockups can highlight design faults
[23.00] Using customer bases to get feedback at scale
[24.00] Using your client’s platform to target their audience for feedback
[25.20] Social media lets you run focus groups like a big corporate
[25.40] Creating a mastermind to get in depth feedback from your peers
[27.30] Masterminds are so effective, even if they’re group therapy
[28.20] The importance of being able to talk in a live setting
[29.00] Giving feedback to yourself, by revisiting a piece
[30.00] Techniques for seeing your work in a new light
[32.00] Lisa imagining upside-down designers
[33.00] The approach for feedback (if you have a super thick skin!)
[33.30] Think about the context and motivations of who is giving feedback
[35.00] The importance of giving good feedback to others
[36.30] Often creative work gets very little feedback
[38.25] Understand the platform you’re posting on
[39.30] Take the time to leave a comment for others
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Hey Lili,
Thanks so much for your lovely comment!
As the guys have weekly catchups to record the HD show and they also chat super regularly throughout the month they are all really close now, so I guess it is king of like 4 friends hanging out and chatting about design :)
I’ll definitely pass your feedback about the music onto the team- we really appreciate you letting us know about this.
Great episode again! Good content as always, but I liked how you guys got sidetracked for a longer period in this one and wasn’t really talking about design, just fooled around for a little bit. I think it makes the show overall more human and enjoyable :) A small technical feedback: the outro music starts too soon/too loud to understand the end of the last sentence of the show. Maybe look into that. Thanks again for the great show!