Industrial Experience

Questions about Industrial Experience

How do you get industrial experience?
How do you go about contacting studios and printers?
How can I get involved in the industry having no experience outside college?
Does a beginner get paid?  If they do is it per job or per hour?
How do you know how much to charge someone?
What happens if you make a mistake in a design and it gets printed?

Group Questions

How do you present a portfolio to a potential employer?  Ask John/ ask the studio
What mistakes do people make?  Ask John/3rd Years, Graduates, Studio
What's the best way to contact them?  Contact them, ask who you need to speak to
How do you make the most of it? Get involved as much as possible
How much do you get paid?  Try and get expenses covered
What is expected of you?  Attitude/Personality/Skills/Level of Understanding/Eager to Learn

What Form does Industrial Experience Take?

Live Briefs
Interviews
Visiting Professionals
Freelance Work
Networking online
Events eg D&AD/Print Festivals
Exhibitions
Studio Visits
Internships
Trade Events/ Lectures

How do you get it?

Direct Contact
Request Samples
Tailor Portfolio
Creative Professional Networks
Appropriate Places
Ask for Feedback
Confident & Professional 

What can you get from it?

Confidence in your professional self
Contacts
Friends
New Perspective about what you want to do/ambitions 
Motivation
Learn new things
Future job prospects
Clearer direction of Design Practice
Skills Development

What do you need to get it?

Professionalism 
Confidence
Be friendly
Online Presence 
Design Identity
An interest within the subject
Portfolio of Work
Commitment
Samples of Work
Knowledge of Company
Business Card
CV

Analysing different types of graphic design workshop.

Different types of graphic design we could pinpoint from the pool of images we collected:

1. Illustration  

2. Photography  

3. Packaging  

4. Typography 

5. Info-graphics

6. Branding and identity  

7. Publication  

8. Editorial design  

9. Music promotion  

10. Letterpress

11. Printmaking  

12. Book design  

13. Photomontage  

14. Modernist/ Postmodernist design  

15. Clothing

16. 3D design  

17. Architecture  

18. Product design  

19. Poster design  

20. Hand rendered design

21. Packaging illustration  

22. Packaging for retail  

23. Perfume and cosmetics packaging  

24. Food packaging  

25. Flat pack packaging

26. Type posters  

27. Vector work  

28. Retail promotion  

29. Fair trade  

30. Gift wrap

31. Invitations and cards  

32. Album covers  

33. Film posters  

34. Events  

35. Label tag design

36. Food tag design  

37. Festival promotion  

38. Card art  

39. Pattern design for retail  

40. 3D modelling

41. Informative 

42. Window display

1)  Who is the Client?

2)  Who is the intended Audience?

3)  What is the function?

4)  What is the budget?

5)  Where is it from?

6)  Who is the designer/studio?

1)  Carl Wine

2)  Wine Drinkers, young adults, illustration links in with popular culture

3)  Humorous way to represent what kind of wine is in the bottle, makes wine more appealing to younger people

4)  Low budget, simple design with limited colours used and simple stock, no expensive techniques used

5)  Denmark

6)  Lovely Package Design Studio

1)

2)  Tea drinkers, late teens/young adults, quite feminine

3)  To make a tea cup more interesting, add humour to an everyday task

4)  Low Budget, single colour print 

5)  

6)  Designer's Block UK

1)  Self guided work

2)  People interested in healthy eating, farming, vegetables, people who want to grow potatoes

3)  To inform people of the best time to cultivate potatoes and the environment they need to be in

4)  Low budget, vector based graphic, no phototgraphy used, not much ink needed to produce print

5)  Portland OR, USA

6)  August Winfield http://www.flickr.com/photos/augustwinfield/

1)  A Bistro

2)  Shoppers, people out and about of any age but probably mostly young professionals 

3)  To inform people of what the cafe offers

4)  Medium budget, design could have been carried out with cheaper materials however the design would not look as clean and crisp

5)  

6)   http://www.imgspark.com/image/view/4f86eadcfa99b942040001fe

1)  Slanted Magazine

2)  Graphic Designers - young trendy designers....edgy

3)  To educate, inspire and inform typography enthusiasts and graphic designers

4)  High Budget, as it is mass produced, the style suggests its quite up to date and widely used. As the magazine format requires use of lots of colours and nice stock it could potentially cost allot to create.The quality of the products suggest it has quite a high budget. There are a range of products also which would add value to the promotional items. The rounded off edges suggest there has been additional processes used which would result in extra costings.The quality of the products suggest it has quite a high budget. There are a range of products also which would add value to the promotional items. The rounded off edges suggest there has been additional processes used which would result in extra costings.

5)  Germany

6)  Slanted Magazine

1)  Fast Freddies Barber Shop

2)  The sophisticated man.  It looks quite classy but still playful.  The black and white colour scheme suggests the products are targeted at an older audience rather than a younger one.

3)  To promote and brand a barber shop, Complete with business cards, headed paper, envelopes, price lists and more

4)  The quality of the products suggest it had quite a high budget.  There are a range of products also which would add value to the promotional items.  The rounded off edges suggest there has been additional processes used which would result in extra costings.

5)  America, Allston Massachusetts

6)  Richie Stewart

1)  The typographic face painting and photography was a self initiated and personal project between designers

2)  Those interested in graphic design, typography legends, type design, illustration video & photography

3)  A series of posters merging the expressiveness of manual gesture and type design in honour of four outstanding typefaces.

4)  Medium Budget, have to consider the expanse of models, makeup artists, photographers and designers involved

5)  A small studio located in Gijon in Asturias in the north of Spain, 2010

6)  Raul Garcia del Pomar and Ismael Gonzalez, two designers in association with apito.

Level 05 - PPP2, Study Task 1

Identify and explain 5 reasons why you chose to study on this programme.

My tutors from foundation highly recommended the course for its good reputation and they thought the course would push me to my fullest potential whereas other courses would be more lenient.

I liked the size of the college when I came to visit and the size of the course sounded much better than some universities which had courses of nearly 100 students on each.

I really liked the city of leeds and could see it as a place I would be happy to study.

The rate of graduate employment is good at LCA and this is very important

Identify and explain 5 things that you want to learn during your time on the programme.

I want to be confident within graphic design, confident enough to take on any brief given to me because I have the knowledge needed to complete it.
I want to improve my software skills, so that my ability to design won't affect my big idea's and mean that I can create what I can imagine.
I want to learn more about setting up your own practice, learn about costings and the business side of it, because one day I'd like to perhaps have my own business and for doing freelance work.
I want to do more non-digital print based work as work like this always has a different quality from digital print, I also love working with my hands and making things.

Identify and explain 5 skills that you think are your strengths.

I really enjoy drawing and illustration and think I should use this skill more within my designs.
Recently I have been becoming more and more interested in photography and would like to involve this within my designs too.
I think my designs are always clear and not confusing because they are quite simple.


Identify and explain 5 things that you want to improve.

I want to improve my use of colour within design, recently I have been a bit more experimental with colour but i tend to avoid it without even realising.  I think this will make my designs more interesting.
I want to improve my typography skills as I don't feel confident in this area.
I want to improve my photography skills.
I want to branch out from creating vector based work.
I want to experiment with different media's than just digital print, e.g foiling, to give my work a deeper quality.

Identify and explain 5 ways that you will evaluate your progress.

Looking back over my blog will help me to see my progression over the three years of my study.
Group Crits will help evaluate my design work and feedback will help me improve the designs. 
Personal Tutorials with tutors will help as they will give me feedback on how they think I'm doing.
Ask my peers for their opinion on my work.
Personal reflection.

Identify and explain 5 things that inspire you.

Working in the studios and seeing other people produce great work makes me want to work harder and design more.
Oh Comely magazine is great for inspiring me, it's full of illustrations, quotes, poems and anecdotes that are really interesting and its beautifully designed.
Quirky gift shops always make me want to go home and get crafty.
Looking on design blogs and websites like pinterest also inspire me.

Identify 10 examples of design that illustrate your fields of creative interest.