Nikkitha S
Second year Design Student at RV University
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I am a first-year design student, standing at the very beginning of what I hope will be a lifelong relationship with design. I came into this field curious, a little lost, and full of questions, and honestly, I still am. I believe that the perspective of someone just entering the profession is one the design community rarely gets to hear on a big stage. I am here to change that, one honest conversation at a time.
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The First Time Someone Said My Design Wasn't Good Enough
I still remember the walk back to my seat after my first critique. Four steps that felt like forty. In this talk, I want to share what happened in that moment — and everything that came after it. As a first-year design student, I have learned more from being told my work was not good enough than from any brief, any lecture, or any tutorial. This is a talk about feedback, identity, and the uncomfortable but necessary process of separating who you are from what you make. Because the day I stopped taking criticism personally was the day I actually started becoming a designer.
Beginners by Design: What the Industry Can Learn from First-Year Eyes
I am a first-year design student, and I am still figuring things out and I think that's exactly why you should hear from me. In this talk, I share what it actually feels like to step into the design world for the first time, the excitement, the self-doubt, the brutal critiques, and the moments where I questioned if I belonged here at all. I want to talk about why being a beginner is not a weakness, but a perspective the industry needs more of. Because somewhere between not knowing the rules and slowly learning them, I've found that's where the most honest design thinking happens.
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