Designer Profile 3 & 4

3. Scarlet Wesley

Scarlet is a professor at the University of Kentucky where she teaches retail tourism with specifics in merchandising and textiles. She got her degree in marketing from the University of Tennessee along with a minor in fashion merchandising. She worked in the allocation and planning department for Ames and then followed that with a job at Lego toys before finally turning to teaching. Some helpful advice she gave us is to approach work with the mindset of, "what can I take away from here?" I thought this was helpful because at first, you will not always get your dream job, so you should approach your current job in a way that can make you a better person. She also taught us how brands are very influential in the world and I could relate to this. I used to be a person who was focused more on the brand of clothing I was wearing than the actual design and price of it. It was cool to be able to relate to what she talked about in her presentation.

4. Ebrahim Poustinchi

Ebrahim is a faculty of interiors at the University of Kentucky. His main focuses are in architecture and digital design. He is very into robotics and using them in design. In fact he has used many different forms of robotics and digital designs at UCLA and Washington State University. I think this way of design is gonna be more relevant in the near future because society is gravitating towards new technology. The most important thing I took away from Ebrahim's presentation was when he said,"You don't need skills, it's more about the way you think." I thought this was cool because someone can have amazing ideas, but they may not have the skills to make this vision happen, this does not make them any less important. They can share these ideas and let people with the skills help them create this vision.