Process
Sam Amis
In this class, you'll learn how to build something of your own, whether big or small. You'll gain valuable skills and insights through hands-on experience, learning from failures, and connecting with the right people and resources. Industrial design, known as the "Jack of all Trades" in the design world, equips you to approach problems from multiple angles.
With your refined design skills and the resources available in 2024, there's no reason you can't launch the project you've always dreamed of. You'll also explore how to carve your unique path as a designer or entrepreneur, whether you're just starting out or already seasoned. As Virgil Abloh wisely said, “Perfectionism doesn’t advance anything. The only failure is not to try.”
Offsite Student & Pro
Offsite Student is designed for beginners, meaning that individuals without a design background are eligible and encouraged to enroll in this course.
Offsite Pro is designed for individuals with design experience, meaning with a prior design education are eligible and encouraged to enroll in this course.
Schedule
Thursdays 3:30pm–5:00pm CST
Learning Outcomes
- Having A Plan: Building a framework that focuses on the steps needed to achieve your entrepreneurial goals—set targets and work backward to reach them.
- Professional Communication: The most important aspect of any career is mastering the art of working with people, and effective communication is essential to achieving success.
- Learning When to Say Yes & No: Recognizing what you can do versus what you can't, and discerning what you should do versus what you shouldn't.
- The Entrepreneurial Mindset: What drives an entrepreneur, the challenges they’ll encounter, and the incredible things they can achieve when they go after their goals.
- Making the Mundane Fun: Managing business plans, trademarks, legal fees, and fundraising efforts.
- Putting Yourself Out There: Developing the habit of sharing your story and connecting with new people to advance your ideas and projects.
Sam Amis
Sam Amis has spent 14 years in Portland, Oregon, refining his passion for designing objects that create lasting emotional connections with users, making them indispensable in everyday life. Since graduating from The University of Cincinnati’s DAAP program in 2010, Sam's career has spanned a wide range of experiences, from partnering with Fortune 500 companies and co-founding The James Brand to working in large consultancies like Ziba Design, nimble studios like Cinco Design, the corporate world at Nike, and eventually, his own freelance practice, Sam Amis Design LLC.
Now teaching at Offsite, Sam draws on his vast experience to guide students on their unique paths. Outside of design, he’s deeply passionate about sports, finding inspiration in the powerful stories they tell and the emotions they evoke, whether watching or participating.
