Hey guys
Literally finished this yesterday so feedback would be great.
Olly, I built this with indexhibit, the hardest part was getting the program onto the server and after that its pretty easy, if your having trouble gimme a shout before 1st feb and ill try to help you out.
Robert James Flanagan
Graphic Design & Illustration
www.rflanagan.co.uk
robert@rflanagan.co.uk
+44(0)7857009512
Hey all,
I hope everyone’s keeping to their new year’s resolutions and that everyone is doing well, from what I have read it seems everyone is having a good time.
I’ve just finished a rather long couple of unexpected freelance projects since September. One which was for a company called MediHome, this was a re-brand project which was quite daunting at first since it’s not really the sort of thing I would usually go for/ have had any experience with.
The company itself is quite cutting edge in its field, since they offer patients the chance to leave hospital early and continue their care at home. After speaking with the board of directors there they felt that their current brande image was quite conservative/ out dated and didn’t fit in with their mission statement. So after getting to know everyone and more about the company I set about re-designing/branding all of their posters and newspaper leaflets/adverts. This was more fun than I was anticipating since they gave me a lot of space to pitch my ideas and see them through. However since it was a re-brand there was always the odd publication that was boring, These were the harder documents to get motivated to complete, since they were 28 or so pages of text. One of the main things I found out of this project was how hard it can be to portray your ideas across to a client, you constantly have to push to try and explain to them why certain aspects won’t work etc, which can be a real pain in the ass sometimes.
Towards the end of November I was asked to do some artwork for Royal Holloway University of London’s 2010 fashion show – so I’ve been busy with that since then, mainly posters/ ticket design etc.
As from the end of Feb I’m headed out to Switzerland until June as part of the Erasmus exchange, I can’t wait – but I know hardly any German so I’m kind of nervous.. It’s hard enough trying to look for a flat etc to rent while I’m out there. I’m currently trying to get my website up and running and also a blog, but I’m finding it hard to get my head around Indexhibit – if anyone knows a lot about this I’d be grateful for some pointers. I’ll put up pics etc soon.
Oliver.
Hey guys
I haven’t ‘blogged’ for a while but keeping up with all your interesting experiences! Finished my placement in Brighton at the beginning of December and went straight into a digital advertising agency in Oxford Circus called Dare Digital. Had a great time there, and as a typo student was surprised how much it changed my perceptions of advertising which is now something i definitely wouldn’t rule out in the future. I was working in the information architecture department as well as the creative team with clients such as BMW and Vodafone which was fun.
Just trying to organise myself for FIT now, leave for New York in less than 2 weeks which is scary but of course also very, very exciting! Will probably come back to London at the end of June, and Dare have invited me to go back then so it’s a relief to know there’s something to come back to, but will keep my options open while in NY. Will keep you all posted on how things go but otherwise I wish you all the best of luck with the year ahead.
Peace
Lx
Hey guys and Happy New Year to all!Hope everyone had some kind of festive break.
I guess its about time I let everyone know what I’ve been up to since it is a new year.
My first placement was at DK helping the adult reference team to prepare for the Frankfurt Book Fair, 5 of us on the placement were making dummies of books they would present. It was a good experience and a valuable skill to learn, if not exactly what I expected… It felt all too office like and not as creative as I had expected. It made me crave some finger painting and play doe.
In full contrast was my trip to Grafist 13 in the fair city of Istanbul. It was amazing! I had so much fun in my workshop led by Petr Von Blokland, he was a very good teacher and had a lot of helpful tips to give… although don’t ask him about computer programming if you want to make lunch on time! It was a pleasure to work with the turkish and other international students, they were so friendly and welcoming and I wish I could have stayed longer! I will definitely want to return for number 14!
I also had a 4 week placement at Dazed & Confused magazine, in which time i sorted a lot of post… But also redesigned the interns hand book, a guide to the inner workings of the office. I also helped with some of the design teams personal projects which I thought was a bit cheeky.. All in all it was an experience.
I have been doing some free-lance work for The Tower Key Company. Locksmiths and general handy man business, doing promotional materials.
I hope to get a more substantial placement next, a few months or so… where I can really get a feel for the place.
Everyone seems to be doing much more exciting things! Hope to read more of them soon.
Jayne
Hey guys!
So I’ve switched -30 degree Finland for +20 degree Cote D’Azur Monaco (ahhh c’est trop bien oui oui!) – But don’t be jealous, I’m here licking my wounds after being rejected from ALL BUT ONE of my applications hahaha. Is it sad that they have all actually taken the time to tell me that NO they are MOST DEFINATELY NOT interested in my work? I feel like silence and just being ignored would be kinder, heh. MAIS NON! It angers me into doing more work! I’LL SHOW THEM AND THEIR MOTHERS! (and mine. she keeps whining about my future and that she should have pushed me harder as a child hahahaha) Putain. Well, I’m driving to Italy for pizza (comfort food mmmhmmm)
BISOUS MES CHERIES!
See you guys in Feb!
Sabina
Happy new year guys tis Flanagan here and yes i have escaped from packaging hell in Kent, Ive been doing some Freelance for Birkbeck University London, the brief was to come up with a brand / identity for an equality and diversity course for new staff, I put forward a series of designs based on the idea that different patterns / images would populate the background of a simple logotype and that these patterns / images / textures would always change, IE: DIVERSITY. anyway after deciding to go with my idea (apparently other people had put there work forward) they then told me they only wanted it to be one of the logo examples i had designed thus pretty much ruining the whole point. on top of this they had already previously contracted another designer to design layout for the publication and course (god knows why they didn’t just ask him to do the logo as well) the upshot of this being that now he’s fiddling around with the whole lot even more and it all looks pants but hey Im sure this happens all the time and is a useful foray into the ‘real world’ anyway below are 3 of the 20 original variations however they opted for the circular one only.
On a happier note, Im off to New York City on Feb 1st watch this space as i will be sharing the work Ive done on my portfolio / website in preparation, very soon.
Hi everyone,
Just thought I would let you all know what I have been doing and what I have planned for 2010. So far I have done a 3 week placement at the British Museum and a 3 week placement at Dazed and Confused. I am working at the Financial Times at their magazine for a month or more (see how it goes) from January 11th, so excited about that. I am still pursuing more companies about placements as I have contacted so many people and had no response. I am hoping 2010 is a better year for people to respond to me. I do have a placement in September (such as long time away) at Why Not Associates which I can’t wait to do but need to keep pestering people to fill the gap from March until then!! I also went to Think Public in December and presented my work to them and got to see where they worked which was great. In the presentation I got to see loads of work from other students, recent graduates and people from other disciplines which was a great insight into what people are getting up to who are interested in the public sector. I am hoping to arrange to meet up with some of them so we can all do a group design project in the community or something so watch this space for more info about that.
I am also going to be doing my own blog and posting all my recent activity on there from now on so I will let you all know when that will happen. Not only this I am hoping to do some modifications to my portfolio and refine my skills in screen printing and letterpress when I get the chance so there should be lots of new work to post on my blog so you can see.
Anyway I have some photos from Dazed and Confused so you can see what I was doing while I was there.
The first image is when we had to sort out over 500 magazines into chronological order (I must admit was not the highlight of my time there) but all the interns got together and talked so it was great to meet other people in the same situation as me.
The second image is the oldest issue we found which was issue 6 and it was really cool so see how the magazine had changed from when it started it out to now.
The third image was were the design team put up mini versions of their spreads next to each so you could see the order and how it worked as a magazine. This order changed constantly but they always had to put up anything they had done even it was rough so other people in the office could see how it was progressing. This was cool as it would change everyday and people would come over and see from all over the office.
Unfortunately I did not do any designing for the magazine which was a shame but ended up doing mediocre tasks for the whole 3 weeks I was there so did not learn much from being there (especially not anything in magazine design). I’m hoping The Financial Times Magazine will be a nicer environment and I will end up learning lots and lots as I am staying up to 3 months!!
Anyway people I look forward to hearing what everyone has planned cos its so much more exciting…
Bye
Shia-ying
Hello everyone and Merry Christmas! Just to share some information on my year out. “First Cut Film Project” was an amazing experience! I got to direct
the short film which should be released some time after christmas: I will notify everyone about the screening. It was a great responsibility to direct a crew
that consists of people from the local community including lots of teenagers, but it was a valuable experience for me considering the fact that we had
really good equipment: cameras, a dolly, steadicam. Here is the web site for it: http://first-cut.co.uk/
Also, last ween I finished my placement at Wardour (www.wardour.co.uk). Here is the animated christmas card i created for them:http://bit.ly/7cJwC0.
It’s my first computer animation as well! Hope you enjoy it and have great holidays!
from Alina Presnyak
Hi all,
I have been reading up on what you all have been up to and it sounds like your all having a blast. Well I started off working from home for a few weeks for ‘Sketchbook Magazine’ to help with logos, business cards, layouts etc and they credited me in the magazine. Then I worked early Sept at a gift design company, it didn’t end up working out how I had liked as it was more about craft work which was very repetitive and any ideas I put across they were never taken seriously, this was a crazy 6 weeks. After I started work at a publishing company ‘Anthem Press’, I worked full time but now once a week as my current workplace is 3 days a week. I much prefer what I am doing now as I am being taught every step clearly, even if I think I know it, there is always something much more to get out of it. Anyway, we shall see how it goes as I haven’t been here long I am hoping to explore much more.
Good luck to you all!
Reema
I’ve been at my first placement for 2 weeks now and they’ve got me straight into designing. Im working with Conran Octopus, who are based all the way in Canary Wharf. They design good quality lifestyle books. The design team is very small (one designer, one editor and a few freelance picture researchers) so I have a lot of involvement in the work. During the first week I helpe re-design the cover for a paperback cook book. In the second week I came up with a few illustrations in Illustrator to go in an interior design book. I also had the oportunity to go along to a photoshoot, for an upcoming book for Leon restaurants. Although shooting food meant a lot of washing up, I got a lot of insight into the decisions made by an art director and photographer. I will be going to the shoot again this week, and I am looking forward to it!
Satvir Sihota
