PixelsJen
igorlale
Jen
Furlotte
Igor
Lale
Designer since:
Designer since:
Location:
Location:
I enjoy meeting new designers
and clients and the challenge of
the contests.
I have gained a lot of experience
and learned how to deal with
clients.
While Jen’s path to design might have
Plenty of designers have used 99designs
been traditional, studying Marketing in
to launch their careers, but Igor used
college, her source of inspiration certainly
99designs to pay for college. He discov-
isn’t. When she needs an idea, she flips
ered 99d when he was searching for a way
through the pages of 50-year-old
to make extra money while still in school.
magazines. “I get inspiration from older
Not only did he accomplish this goal, but
styles and look at ways to make them
he also learned a lot about working with
modern in my own way,” says Jen.
clients. He was even able to transfer those
2008
Canada
2011
Bosnia
lessons to his academics, upping the
Today, Jen’s design business, which
quality of his assignments.
specializes in small business identity
packaging, is thriving and she enters
Now, at only 24 years old, Igor is already
99design contests as often as her other
making a name for himself in the world of
work allows. Her advice to other designers
graphic design. His track record of success
who’d like to achieve the same level of
at winning contests even earned him a
success? “Don’t take negative feedback
spot on local TV. That’s good news for his
personally. Use it to make your work
career ambitions, since he’d like to open a
better.” This approach certainly seems to
design studio in his hometown and expand
be working well for her.
his skill set to include things like animation
and video montage.