089 - Reece Bennett On Creativity & Careers

<p>Reece Bennett is an assistant teacher at Humber College, teaching Visual Communications and sketching. From a small town in the middle of Lake Winnipeg, Reece's professional design career spans the consumer electronics industry into high quality furniture. With a wicked beard and incredible sketching style, Reece has spent the last ten years of his life in the industrial design industry and his entire life spent in the creative fields. <br> We chat about giving honest feedback to students, details of working in the furniture design industry and Reece's next steps in his career.</p> <p>On today's episode of "The Process" we discuss:</p> <ul> <li>Adopting a teaching mindset</li> <li>Encouragement through honesty</li> <li>Focus on improving the design</li> <li>Reece's start in ID</li> <li>First year vibes</li> <li>Being bold in the workplace</li> <li>Working in the furniture design industry</li> <li>Reece's big goal</li> <li>Animation sketching vs design sketching</li> <li>Grades really don't matter!</li> <li>Science fiction &amp; Dune</li> <li>Backpacking in Asia</li> <li>Staying creative</li> <li>Growing a beard</li> <li>The answer is always practice</li> </ul> <p>All the links, all the time!</p> <p>Follow us on Instagram! @theprocess__podcast</p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/theprocess__podcast/" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/theprocess__podcast/</a></p> <p>Reece Bennett //</p> <p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/reece-bennett-ba300247/?originalSubdomain=ca" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/reece-bennett-ba300247/?originalSubdomain=ca</a></p> <p>Website: <a href="https://www.reecebennettdesign.com/" target="_blank">https://www.reecebennettdesign.com/</a></p> <p>Instagram: @reeceb</p> <p>Zak Watson //</p> <p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/zak-watson-48618517a/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/zak-watson-48618517a/</a></p> <p>Behance: <a href="https://www.behance.net/zakwatson" target="_blank">https://www.behanc