Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness - Mark Twain
Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth, all in one's lifetime.Travel, thus, is a movement with relatively short stays within successive destinations, tends to answer some questions which even google can't. Though travel doesn't improve your design work directly. But, indirectly it makes your work speak/reflect more essential quality. When you are happy, thoughtful, joyful, your work gives a more productive output. Designers yet work out a master-piece when their work is in the same grid with enthusiasm and refreshment. Following are some very simple ways in which travel enhances your design work.
- Focused work sessions
We humans have this tendency to hyper-focus in crucial time. Imagine if you would have to finish a project in a particular given time, like a day? You will find a way anyhow to complete it and give your best in that limited or rescued time. Now imagine if you are given a two-day time or even a month, then no matter what your work sessions will be elongated. The scheduled time, distributed for things equally, will force you to focus on the design in the necessitated time itself and this would hence avoid needlessly stretching over the design. You can take that time to enjoy rest of the day with other episodes of routine. It is always preferable to have a more intense crunch-style work sessions.
- Fresh inspiration
New things almost every time bring a new wind of inspiration with them, later it all depends on the grasping strategy. Remember the new style of building, new movie released or new style of music? New thoughts are elated derivations from changed surroundings we are into.Travel gives you experiences at every nook, because every time you see different roads, dissimilar people, divergent architecture and hence this manoeuvre of thoughts is a good implementations to your designs. Also, the change of environment and surroundings bring us out of the same, repeated design theory. Fresh inspirations are always good for design work and you would even not know when did a change brought something out of the box.
- Easy motivation and excitement
Due to diversities that you see, tend to grow your creativity skills even more. Imagine been listening to the same type of music for many times, no one can handle the monotonous tone within themselves for a long time. By having diverse sights and activities during your travel, gives you the caliber of being motivated and excited for a long time. Too-much of same dose brings down the creativity in you.
- You meet new designers and clients
Out of all, I think this would be the one which affects your design work directly. When you travel you meet new people/gentry (clients in a way), in a coffee shop or any other public spot. This is another way where you accomplish yourself to the outside world and perform as demanded. This may be another personality development task though, this is how it works when the different side of travel or visits is overlooked through a professional eye.
It is the extent which matters and the long-way to travel has no end, it is the usage to regulate imagination by reality and instead of thinking how things may be, it is better to see them as they are !
