Creative Report was a great way to interact with
the professional world and ask some questions that I was eager to know the
answer to. Emailing current designers also allowed them to learn my name and
hopefully remember it for future conversations. I specifically targeted
agencies I could see myself working for and most importantly were near by.
Rueville Magazine is a publication based in Manchester that has only just
begun, founded by two students. I can already see they have a strong direction
and ambition towards the project which I highly admire, the graphic style of
the magazine, I believe is very similar of my own. My aim is to carry on my
contact with Rueville and see if they would have me to help with one of the
Issues over the summer. Emailing designers also showed me how competitive the
industry actually is, Emailing over 6 people with only 2 replies made me
realise that emails don’t stand out and a face to face conversation or nicely
design letter will make much more of an impact.
Moving onto ‘Taking Care of Business’ where I was
able to work with people of my choice. I have always enjoyed working within a
team and this project allowed the team to push for something more than just a
project that needed to be completed for the module. Everything ran smoothly
within the group and we were able to produce something unique a little out of
all our comfort zones. Experimenting with film and stop motion reinforced my
personal outlook on the design world, reminding me that I don’t want to be just
limited to the title of ‘Graphic Designer’. Although our presentation was
unique and personal to our business ethos, one thing that was pointed out that the presentation lacked, was that
we didn't display any examples of our own work. In a similar
fashion to how we showcased which stock we would use, we should
shown examples of our own work so the client could get a really sense
of how we work.
The final task,
‘Design Strategy Presentation’ came really easy to me, because after all it was
all about me. I didn’t use any notes for my presentation to ensure it flowed
nicely and I was looking down at a notebook. I addressed appropriate personal
issues and tried to show clear direction of where I want to take my personal
practice next. My design of my personal branding hasn't changed but I gave solid
reasoning why within the presentation. However, since last year when I had labelled
myself a Graphic Designer, I have since changed it to ‘Creative Thinker’. I don’t
want to limit myself within the design world. I am interested in many areas of
design that I am still yet to explore, such as, interior design, film and many
more. 'Creative Thinker' allows people to enquire about what I specialise in
and creates a talking point for me.
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