As a designer I like to think of myself as concept-driven, as without a reason behind something I feel pretty lost. The more of a concept I have behind my work, the more confident I feel about the outcome.
I enjoy experimenting, which I was a lot less into at the start of the course. I've discovered that there are new ways you can come up with designs and exploring different mediums is important.
I'm primarily an image-maker, which feeds into this experimenting and lets me be creative. I'm not so interested or skilled in the technical side of graphic design.
I like to create things that are expressive, and have own personal touch. I prefer to steer clear from using ordinary or common typefaces etcetera.
I'm most interested in design for creative industries, like art and design, music, the film industry. To me that just incorporates everything I love.
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I think that my biggest learning curve this year has been collaboration.
Its something I wasn't used to at all until third year, and I feel like I can embrace working in groups instead of shying away from it.
I'm aware of how it prepares us for working in a studio after college, and through working with others I've gained confidence in sharing my ideas.
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Hyperloop was a good example of this, it was a challenge working with people who all have different approaches to design, and trying to balance the work between us all.
But it was also really good, as it pushed me out of my comfort zone.
Creating a transport brand is something that I would never choose to do.
I learnt more about brand values and the marketing behind brands, and I discovered my strengths - one of the things I did was create a few illustrations for the promotional material.
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Another collaboration I've been working on is D&AD which I've just finished.
I told three stories using animation for the Shutterstock brief with my friend Tamar who studies printed textiles.
Neither of us had done animation before, but the brief said it could be moving image and I really wanted to give it a go.
We both came up with the concepts together and did the drawings which I then manipulated and made into animations.
Organising time to work together and who was doing what was tricky but I definitely learnt how to go about it.
I also learnt how long animation actually takes... it has absolutely drained me. But I did enjoy it and I'm happy with the outcomes.
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Upcoming live briefs that I'm going to be working on are the Plusnet public art competitive brief, which is to create a design for a wall outside their office. Me and Alex Finney are going to work together on that so thats another collaboration.
And obviously the prints for Leeds print festival, which I'm excited to start.
So, on to studios and work that I like, these two are in Barcelona. They're both quite well known and both make really vibrant work.
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The top studio is in Amsterdam and they do a lot of work for arts organisations, like this is for an exhibition and this is for an art school.
Human After All are in London and they do a lot of work for big names like Facebook and the Baftas.
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These are a few Berlin studios I'm interested in, I'm planning on going over there in in a few weeks, so hopefully I'll be able to visit some studios while I'm there.
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I finished my website a few weeks ago, I've just made it really simple for now and only selected a portion of my work to show. I've not got a solid logo, and I don't think I really need one. At the moment I've got my name written by hand in different colours that is quite personal and easy going.
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I have another page for personal projects that aren't design, to show other creative things I get up to like photography and artwork. But yeah really simple.
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I've recently been sending out emails to various studios I like in a lot of different cities about placements. I got a reply back from The Archipelago, who are a small studio here in Leeds who do a lot of local work for exhibitions - I think they're currently doing some work for the Hepworth, and they curated The Plant Room which some of you probably know of.
They said they'd be interested in having me at some point, so I'm gonna go in for a chat soon. Not sure about dates yet, it might be during studies or just afterwards.
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I've not got anything set up for after college yet, but I plan on applying for a lot of internships and ideally would be able to get one abroad. I think I'd learn a lot from working abroad and see new things and experience how the industry works in another country. Obviously something might not come up straight away, but i'll hope for the best.
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