John Coy

On Thursday evening I attended the seminar put on by AIGA on campus. The guest speaker was a designer known as John Coy. The seminar started a  late because they were having technical difficulties with the projector so we had to wait around outside for a little longer then planned. Once we were inside John Coy talked to us about his life as a designer and showed us slides of many designs he did throughout his life. I thought the talk was interesting and I liked when he spoke about finding our own inspiration and motivation. He said that when we find something we love to do we know it instantly and without a doubt.  If we put out a certain amount of energy into the world we will begin to receive what we are looking for. I thought this was very interesting and related it back to a book I read called The Secret. The Secret is a book that talks about the power of the mind and the power we have inside of us to make everything in life good.  John Coy showed us many slides of his work and things he had designed. My favorite was the invitation for UCLA that had all these paper cutout and looked very detailed and precise. Overall I think that John Coy's message was an inspiring one and that many people felt like they benefited from listening to the challenges he went through to get to where he is today.