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si.Dee Portare Dian Wahyuningrum Edi Jakabhazi Designer since: Designer since: Location: Location: Design makes life easy and functional. An amazing opportunity to introduce students and future designers to the profession. Like many professional designers, Dian Edi disproves of the old adage that “those discovered her passion for drawing when who can’t do, teach.” Edi does both, and he she was very young –only five years old. does them very well. In addition to running Fortunately for 99designs clients, she his own design studio and working with never outgrew this love. In college, Dian 99designs, Edi teaches graphic design at went on to study both Product and the West University of Timisoara, Romania. Fashion Design. After graduation, she He uses 99d to fill what he believes a big opened her own clothing line, as well as a gap in education. “A lot of students finish small creative studio. school and find themselves thrown into the 2011 Indonesia 2011 Romania real world with no understanding of how it For Dian, design isn’t about the money. works,” he explains. “A few 99designs “Designing makes me happy,” she contests help introduce the young explains. “I get happy seeing how far I can designers to concepts such as deadlines, push myself and improve my skills. She competition, understanding feedback and urges new designers to select contests client peculiarities.” So, he has his that closely match their skills and to students create 99design accounts, study remember that non-winning designs can creative briefs and enter contests. “It’s an still enhance a portfolio. amazing experience and opportunity to learn about the world and about themselves.”