014 - Rotimi Solola

We had an amazing interview with Rotimi Solola, head designer at So Design, who is the Communications Chair on the IDSA Chicago Board of Directors, Instructor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and all around kind human being! We talked about his journey through school, his humble beginnings at Design Integrity, MNML and Motorola, and now running his own design studio at So Design. Rotimi gave us advice on portfolio building and how to keep pushing forward when things begin to slow down, check out this CONTEXT interview. Rotimi was a SQ1CON Speaker, and was an instructor last summer at our sketching workshop, we’re super grateful to have him be a leader in the design community in Chicago! To checkout Rotimi’s work and follow his journey, follow him on Instagram under the handle @rotimi_solola and @so.dsgn. Thank you for tuning into CONTEXT, (formerly known as ADS Live prior to Advanced Design’s rebrand), send us a DM or email at hello@advdes.org to provide us with your thoughts and comments on our dialogue with designers!