This post originally appeared on Felt & Wire. Two weeks ago the Upstate NY AIGA Chapter held its first Design Week and hosted the second annual Create Upstate conference. I was lucky enough to attend through Mohawk and found inspiring and creative takeaways in all of the talks from local designers, developers, and entrepreneurs. Lesson 1: Attention to detail is important, but don’t let that overrule the whole picture. Mitch Goldstein, professor at RIT and co-host of the Through Process podcast, gave a great talk entitled The Trouble with Kerning. Designers can easily get caught up in perfecting every little detail of their work, but the whole picture is important, too. Photo by Sarah Heppell Photography Goldstein showed us works from renowned graphic designers and…