{"id":26053,"date":"2020-09-21T09:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T08:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.heals.com\/blog\/?p=26053"},"modified":"2021-09-23T14:04:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T13:04:43","slug":"career-furniture-designer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/career-furniture-designer\/","title":{"rendered":"My Career as a Furniture Designer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of our new series focusing on careers in design, we sat down with Spanish furniture designer Jamie Hayon. Since Jaime has collaborated with brands like Fritz Hansen, &amp;Tradition and Cassina, he is perfectly poised to discuss how to become a furniture designer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read on to discover some of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/designer\/jaime-hayon.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Jaime Hayon<\/span><\/a>\u2019s top pieces of advice and what his role involves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How did you get your first job in design?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I gained a role as part of the Fabrica design team \u2013 it was initially an internship and then I became head of their design department. 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