November 30, 2009
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
November 21, 2009
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
November 9, 2009
Guess who’s back, back again. Max and Ben are back (with installment 2, part 2), tell a friend.
Hey gang, us again. Finally we have some work to show. Just to prove that we don’t spend all our time writing hilarious blog posts. LOL.
Anywho, We recorded our first radio campaign for Vodafone this week. Was pretty fun to see how it all works. Here is our attempt at uploading them for your enjoyment (print executions to follow):
November 9, 2009
With only 46 shopping days left until Christmas, it’s time for blog installment 2, part 1.
Sadly team we start with some unsavory news. It appears that fate has seen fit to place our two heroes in the centre of a crime wave. Last week, Ben’s towel and Max’s Pantene ProV were taken in two separate incidents of theft. They rely now only on their English stiff upper lip to carry them through these testing times.
October 28, 2009
Hey everyone!
It’s been nice reading the blog, sounds like you are all having a fantastic time!
I’ve been a bit slow in posting to the blog, but I’ve been really busy recently. Since the beginning of the year I’ve spent some time contacting companies in London and Italy. Things have been slow to start but last week I have finalised my plans for the most of the year.
I’ve also been working on my some personal design work, and a couple of freelance jobs. I’ve been doing some illustration, designing some graphics for a friends website, and some poster designs for a new TV show in China. I’ll post them up once they’re completed.
I’m starting at the Financial Times on monday, and I’ll be working on the ‘How To Spend It’ magazine, which I’m very excited about. This should be a great opportunity to learn a lot more about the magazine industry. I’m also currently organising another internship in London over the Christmas period, so fingers crossed for that!
In January I’m off to Italy to work at Marco Morosini’s Studio (www.marcomorosini.com) in Pesaro. I can’t wait to go to Italy, as his studio seems like a very exciting place to be! I’m only slightly nervous about the language barrier, so I’m improving my Italian as quick as I can at the moment! Also after working in Pesaro for 3 months I’m off to Genova, North Italy, to work at Studio Fluo (www.studiofluo.com) for a couple more months.
I’ll keep in contact and let you know how everything goes! Hope you all are having a great time!
Rich
October 23, 2009
Hi guys!
Hope everyone is well and enjoying themselves.
I have been working at Sportsvision for around a month and a half creating concepts and themes for the Freeze Festival site at Battersea Power Station. It’s been sooo much fun but a lot of work! I first met the other intern working with me (Joel) at the very beginning and straight away we got down to coming up with ideas for Freeze.
If you don’t know what the festival is, it’s a ski/snowboard event with live acts playing on the main stage – these include Calvin Harris, Orbital, Friendly Fires, Pendulum, Chase and Status….the list goes on! Our responsibility is making sure the site looks the part. So! We are on site at the moment and will be up until the first day of the event (next friday) eek!
Today we started on the mammoth task of theming the entrance, which includes two replica chimneys with ‘FREEZE’ written down them, and an fake insert wall with a bunch of sponsors logos on it. The chimneys will also have smoke and lights coming out of them! Very excited…
We have five other main areas that will be themed – these include: Apres Ski Bar, Ice Bar, Guest Bar, VIP Bar, Roundabout and a load of christmas trees. If i explained all of them i would be typing for hours but all you need to know is each bar has been done by us – from the name, right down to the colour of the carpet. Think stag heads, wood, ski racks, flags, ice, snow, and retro/halloween ski costumes.
I have attached the flyer so you can take a look, but if any of you want more info go to – www.londonfreeze.com
I’ll update you with photos soon!
Charlotte
-
-
fs04front
-
-
fs04back
October 23, 2009
Soooo, i think it’s my turn to talk about dps year… Unlike some people on the course mine started in October, so I don’t have much to boast about. It’s
been good so far: I did a two week internship at Brand Union, which I really enjoyed and felt like I was part of their quite big but very friendly family.
During this internship i was doing some moving image, studio photography, helped with InDesign layouts and even did some Russian translation as they
work with Eastern European clients. I was very busy and felt needed there. So it was great!
At the moment i’m working on a music video with a freelance designer Ibrahim Ahmed (here’s his web site: www.nabil.org.uk) for an artist called Riz MC,
whose single should be released in November-December time. Next week I’m going to be involved in a local community project called “First Cut Film
Project”. A film crew will consist of local people who don’t have experience in filming as well as of a few technical people (i will be one of them). Looking
forward to that very much. These are all news for now. Hope you’re all have fun and great experiences in your year out! It would be great to organize a
catch up night at some point, though i know many people are traveling at the moment…
