Experience
Is work experience a bunch of bull? Does it really teach you anything or are you just a skivvy for free? Nowadays I have to work with young designers on work experience every few weeks and how I treat them is based largely on my own experience in their shoes. It all feels so long a go. Was it any use?
Giving a talk
For the last couple of years I have been invited by Central Saint Martins to take part in a day long series of lectures for third year design students, based on ‘real world experiences’. I was asked to talk about rejection. I feel I am imminently qualified to waffle on about this subject so I agreed.
Before and After
The magic of befores and afters. Some things are burnt on the sacrificial alter of the graphic design gods until they are motes of charcoal floating in the breeze when they are redesigned. Others are tweaked so slightly, no one overtly notices, they just realise something is better about them.
The Trade Mag Pitch
There are many types of magazine in the world. Some everyone has heard of, some no one has heard of and some that only very specific people have heard of. Today, I am thinking about specific people and their specific magazines; namely The Trade Magazine.
Working Inhouse
Working in-house is always an eye-opening experience. I am a naturally nosey person so I love being able to poke my nose into a new place and see if it challenges my preconceptions. Here are a few I used to have. Big companies are more organised Some big companies seem to be in a constant state of winging it, living from one deadline to the next. They get you in last minute and literally throw you into the chaos. Although, that might seem negative, sometimes those environments are energising and create a really good ...