End of year show banner development.

The aim of the boards is to have impact. People may only give a passing glance as there is fifty students to look at. Although the boards do not show a great idea or product i feel that they are truer to me as a designer and also do the job of gaining attention.

OUGD 303 Evaluation

I aimed to create briefs that would take me out of my design comfort zone. I wanted to create a portfolio that had depth in terms of audience and showed I could work professionally for a number of clients, which I feel is more useful to a future employer. I feel that this is apparent within my current portfolio and have had positive feedback from industry professionals.

The Mart brief went well in terms of identity design but I felt I could of pushed the identity across a number of products and made these products rather just create the artwork. If I was to do this again I feel that action planning and time management would help me massively if I were to stick to deadlines. I felt that researching into things like different stocks and print methods would of taken this brief further, but this is something that at the time I didn’t feel would make any benefit.

Again with the Kestrel Film Works brief I was more interested in creating the idea than the actual product, the newspaper came out well but there were things I would change, the size of type was unexpected and some layouts could have been better in terms of eye for detail. Producing to scale mock ups would have solved this problem and I could of made amendments.

Within the Sarah Walton brief I feel that more documentation of development would of helped me gain more marks in terms of ticking boxes and would of maybe created more ideas of how to push the brief. Again creating more mock-ups and proofs would of solved problems like the type being too close to the gutter and too close to the page edge.

I also got use to working with clients rather than with my self with this module, the Maxwell Rushton brief helped me deal with a client and also made me work to a professional time scale sticking to deadlines the client set (although I did not document them). The downside to this is that I did not document my development and thought process. I felt the outcome was of a high standard but again could have been polished off a little more.

It seems that over all my practice needs that little push where I take what I think is a finished product to the next level, This was evident within the Hannah-Rachel brief where I felt the idea was good but the outcome could have been pushed a little more and developed to a point where it became a stronger idea.

I felt my design work and ideas generally solved a problem but I did not document and plan enough of my practice. I found it hard to step back and take a look at what I was doing as I felt this would stop the flow of work. This was also apparent within the later stages of the mart brief where I had the entire asset’s to design but didn’t really try and test different methods of products etc.

To progress in the future I need to do the following things.

-        Once an idea is thought to be finished, step back and evaluate and then try to push the idea or design further.

-        Create action plan and stick to them, in terms of the module I would make the action plans and document them so it is evident that I has stuck to them.

-        Create more products to a proof standard this would mean that products of design would be produced with a high standard of detail.

Within this module I feel I have progressed my own practice and found an area of design in which I sit. In the past I have investigated with a number of design disciplines but feel that the areas of identity design and branding is where I want to work. Through – out the briefs I resolved in the FMP module I felt this was evident. I think I have learnt a lot about what a brand is in researching for my design context investigation, this has helped me realise how to design for a brand or create one. I feel I still have a lot to learn in terms of industry but I have gained a good platform of learning to progress into a professional enviroment. This was evident on my placement where I understood what was expected but learnt a lot about doing work that isn’t self initiated and has to go under a large amount of development with a client. I felt at times this is where my work within FMP declined, as I was the client and didn’t have that opposing view to bounce off. This was probably most apparent within the Warp Records secret brief where I developed ideas but did not develop (in depth) the execution of the design.

New look updated portfolio.

Open publication - Free publishing - More graphic design

I feel that my portfolio has developed and now shows i can come up with an idea and spread across a range rather than just doing one off design such as posters etc.

It is also less stylistic in the layout and showcases the work and ideas more which i what i set out to do.

Stationary design

Lionhouse creative

Junior, creative-thinking designer

If you have just completed your degree, you were the best
in your class, are an outstanding creative thinker and
can use a Mac, we want to meet you.




Based near bristol.

Small Back Room

Seeking Designer for
brand / print GSOH and VGTS’s.*

Us:
"There's something missing from our studio."
You:
"I need to find a new home for my neglected creativity"
Us:
"Here's an idea. If you're a really, really, really good middle weight designer who wants to work in one of London's most friendliest, funnest and challenging design studios... read on. The usual suspects... All rounder, great with software, knows what a Pantone book is and works well under pressure - blah blah blah. Down to business... likes tea, typographic genius, has 'visual wit', beautiful work and knows the difference between a brand and an identity. A good idea of how things translate to web would also help!

Looks not important.

Email us.
*Very good typographic skills.

Again somewhere I would love to work. Perhaps might be above my weight but might be worth going for just to see what feedback I get and create a contact.

Wolf Ollins

About us:

Wolff Olins is a brand business.

From London, New York and Dubai, we work strategically with ambitious organizations worldwide.

These days, people believe not what you say, but what you do. So we use brand to help clients do new things. New businesses. New experiences. New relationships. New ways. New things that challenge, provoke, reinvent. And create spectacular new growth.

We help clients…

• Achieve new ambitions through brand-led strategy
• Create new businesses and services through brand-led innovation
• Reach new levels of performance through brand-led transformation
• Carve out a new presence in the world through brand communication

We’re 140 people, ambitious for clients, and optimistic for the world.

About the internship:

We’re looking for a rockstar strategy intern to work with our team in New York City. You’ll work on a range of internal and client projects, experiencing firsthand how brands are created and evolved.

You’ll get to:

Contribute to the development of brand strategies

Research and analyze markets, technologies and trends

Develop new business pitches and proposals

We’re looking for someone who is:

A clear + analytical thinker

Curious about the world + passionate about brands

Energetic + enthusiastic

A great storyteller + determined to get to the heart of an issue

Articulate + organized

A strong writer + researcher

Collaborative + fun

Does this sound like you?

If so, please send your resume and cover letter to peoplenewyork@wolffolins.com (Subject line: Strategy Intern)

Other details:

Timing: June-August 2011 (ten weeks), with potential to grow into a longer engagement

Location: New York City

Compensation: This is a paid internship

Who can apply?  College students, recent grads and grad students - all levels are welcome, the internship role will be tailored based on experience.

Internship at wolf ollins. Hopefully talk to john about what i should send through to them and see how it goes.

hugo and marie

Just applied for a internship in new york @ hugo & marie. really like there work it uses experimental illustration techniques and typography from freelancers. I would imagine its maybe similar is structure to Ultimate holding company in manchester.

So we shall see if i get a reply or even what feedback they give me.

Webanywhere interview.

I gave interest in to a freelance design opportunity that came through via fred.

Me and will attend the interview where we were asked to go through are portfolio which the girl who ran the design department.

Then we were asked to grade our selves within the different areas of graphic design out of ten. I didn't really understand the question and in my head i was think about publication design, interactive design design for screen etc. But what the girl ment to say was 'please can you grade your selfs out of ten on how well you can use the adobe suit ie. photoshop, illustrator, indesign etc. This had me worrying a little bit because surly the women in charge could of graded us on that after going through our portfolio.


After this we were then given the task of designing a splash page for a school website. That was the brief given. No specs of page size, no information about whether the school was a primary school or a secondary school, where the school was, what colour there uniform was etc. I then realised what i was doing.

Making a pick off the shelf design that could be used within one of there packages. It made me relies that this was not the kind of design i wanted to be producing there was no rational apart from 'we need it'.
It made me ask the question do these schools really need a website? who are the websites for the parents or the children or both. The people who were running the interview didn't seem to know when i asked the question and as far as i can see it was purely a business with a design/artwork department rather than a design led business.

Theres nothing wrong with these business's but it's not the kind of business where i want to work. I believe in design and think i understand design. I got the feeling this company didn't but defiantly knew how to make money.

Self promo posters.

TBM First for servicing brief.

Open publication - Free publishing - More cars


Whislt at my placement at the beutiful meme I was given the task to create an identity for a car servcing company.

The company came and picked up your car did the work then dropped it back off meaning theres no need for you to go down to the garage and deal with them pesky mechanics.

I used the idea of its as easy as 1,2,3 and creating the identity around that. Including it within all aspects of the 'brand'.

Email Send Out

Remember seeing a interview with Matt Pyke from universal everything saying to get his name out there he sent out a email with 50 thumbnails of his work on... so i have created a similar product and done the same.

Hope fully this is less tedious than a portfolio and if people are interested they will hopefully get back to me.

martynwoolley.com

martynwoolley.com is now live check it here.

Self Prtomotion: Dont Send me To LDN.

Another idea I had was to make a series of self promotional mailers or posters that will be based around the sentence - Don't Send Me To LDN. I have thought about what i want to do after i leave and i want to target studio that aren't based in london but mostly within the north of England.

Using imagery of my home surroundings of the yorkshire country side and synthesis it with my design practice to create something like this.

100 words

Whilst looking through ItsNiceThat.com I found they have a paid interm programme happening throughout the year, to apply you have to send a email with no more than 100 words to explain why you should be considered.

This gave me a idea:

Create a cheap publication that can be produced quickly to send out to people i would like to work for. Almost like a cv or a covering letter in simple form of '100 words'.

These words should communicate me and what I have to give.

Hopefully by sending a product, rather than a electronic mail might show a little more thought has gone into the application and is also a gift that they can keep.

New look Updated 2011 portfolio.

Open publication - Free publishing - More portfolio