DPS post

Hello!

Just thought I’d let people know what I’ve been up to over the summer so far. After finishing at Vivid Brand in Holborn I moved to the Financial Times for a month, where I was mostly mocking up spreads. It was nice to be able to see some of the work actually go to print to be used in their magazine, “How To Spend It”, and to see how the parts of a publication go from conception to completion.

I then moved on to Bunch, where I had already been earlier on in the year. My initial placement was only two weeks, but i was asked back for a longer three month spell. I ended up working there with Randy Yeo and Andy McGarity which was pretty fun. We worked on a varied range of different projects, and it was a great experience. It really helped me to continue to learn HTML and CSS. The three months flew by and suddenly it was July.

I applied to four23 in Manchester as they run an internship scheme, and was invited to go up for a couple of weeks which was cool. They did some really nice work for Adidas Originals which is how I found them in the first place. They weren’t able to offer me any money for travel up to Manchester though, so I told them I’d hold off on coming up until next year.

I am now working at Dorling Kindersley, and have had a nice mix of information design work, mocking up spreads, and making dummy books… It was initially supposed to be three weeks but we’ve all been asked to stay on – it’s the fourth week now, and there’s talk about a fifth but I’ll have to pass on that as we’re back at uni next week.

I’ve also been doing some self initiated work and I’ve had some freelance projects on the go too – some are good, but others, not so much… I don’t really know where the summer has gone!

Anyway, I’ll probably see you all on Thursday.

Cheers,
Jonny