Industry heavyweight Ian Cochrane is recommending design students to ‘get out’ of the sector, which ‘does not need you’, as the recession bites. Cochrane is managing director of management consultancy Ticegroup and former managing director of both Fitch and Landor Europe.
Cochrane tells Design Week, ‘There are still too many people coming out of design courses, and there simply aren’t the jobs for them.’
He recommends that students enter alternative occupations and gain experience outside the design sector.
Article from Design Week by Emily Pacey
Students urged to avoid design - Design Week
Some interesting comments following the article, but what do you think? Is Ian Cochrane right to be sending out a negative message to design students? Is this the true reality of the industry?
Interested to hear your thoughts and views as ever
Greg