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Alec Doherty came in today from the lonely punks. He set up his own business designing and selling print and working as freelance illustrator. I am not an illustrator my self but it is good to appreciate other skills from a different perceptive. We talked about my self promo which i got some positive feedback but to make it bigger. to create more impact and we talked about going freelance and the weather or not it is worth it to make the move to London. Visiting professionals makes me realise how much I need to get my website sorted and get it promoted. The job later to day will be to install indexibit on my website.
Awards: D&AD Best New Blood 2008, Northern Design Competition - Highly Commended (Illustration & Graphic Design).
The second day at bivouac proved a good day I was finalising the dynamo brief logo design the brief had a two day deadline which was good to stick to those guidelines. I sent of a set of 8 designs after selecting out of a range of designs. The feedback should be there when I return on Monday which I can make amends and then apply the logo to the website. This should enable me to learn more about client limitations and using other skills from other designers such as web design. I then began working on a design for a four sided a5 leaflet for a charity garden centre which I will continue working on on the following monday. The second day of the week was distributed by dissertation deadlines of which kate was flexible with me which was a great help but now dissertation is out of the way I am ready to crack on as a designer.
My first start up day at Bivouac was a good initial experience.
I was working on a logo design for a brand called dynamo
which was a sub brand for cycle for it. The brand related
between exercise on bikes general fitness and health and
was based around been dynamic.
The client wanted to show all these quality with the logo.
The client was on a tight budget on-which I will work on the
brief for a day a and a half and apply the logo to a website
which will also be designed by us.
We also had a client in from a media consultancy who wanted
to create some sub branding for their range of products. The
client meeting was a good experience for to understand client
limitations and good strong percific questions to ask the client.
I also am begining to understand running a graphic design
business and it costs how much you charge an hour and what
jobs cost more in your time working out realiistic timescales and
not just saying what you want the client to here. Kate is very
professional with her clients and I think that her client appreciate
how realistic she is and how much she cares about the clients
image they portray.
The box was printed on about 1 mm thick card with the instructions on how to construct the box printed on the card.
Here is the outcome of the brief given to me which is about me as a designer the concept is based around connecting parts of the box together. Connecting hard work to dedication. At the interview the box can be interactive and playful which will make the conversation at the interview friendly and inviting.
After sending of a few samples of my portfolio I was then asked to go for an interview at bivouac in York the company is small but they have some nice cultural clients like architects and museum work. For the interview I had to prepare a box that talk about me it will be something to talk about at my intertview as well as my portfolio.
Today we had a really interesting talk with Alex Atkinson from The Consult based in Leeds the agency create some really interesting work. The work they create is the perfect message between client and audience through clever concepts. The agency started 7 years ago and over time has developed to be a well know agency with a good reputation of been effective and powerful through their design abilities. I had a tutorial with Alex who took a look at my self promotion work which he gave me some really great feedback. Having seen their work in all my favorite books zoom in zoom out and nice to meet you I have followed the work last year and had a keen interest in the company. I was offered a placement which was the best news. I will be really looking forward to this.
