Our first studio session for the OUGD502: Personal and Professional Practice module mainly focussed on the aims of the module and how it had and we will develop from last year.
In preparation for the next session of the module, we were asked to answer a series of questions which reflect on the progress of our professional practice over the summer break.
1. Reflecting on your Summer what is your most memorable event and why?!
The most memorable event of my summer was my holiday to Berlin, where I went for one week with two of my best friends in August.
As well as the sense of independence I feel I gained from the holiday, which is one of the first I have undertaken without my parents, the city itself was full of history and culture - in particular the East Side Gallery- which not only inspired me personally but has already begun to inform my design practice.
2. Have you made any contacts over the Summer that you feel could be helpful over the coming year or so and what outcomes did you feel you achieved?!
Unfortunately, I did not take the initiative to make any professional contacts over the summer.
3. How did you meet/contact these contacts (methods used or how it happened)!
Unfortunately I did not make any professional contacts over the summer, however, I were have my preferred method would be to set-up a visit at a couple of studio of whom work I am interested in. I believe meeting prospective contacts in a informal situation first would be beneficial to me as I can be quite shy when meeting new people.
4. If you didn’t make any contacts, why? too busy working? holiday? commitments?!
Unfortunately I do not have much confidence within myself or the design work I have produced to date and therefore I have been quite nervous about contacting professionals and having to 'sell myself'.
I do alo have a part-time job at Clarks shoe shop, whose busiest time of year is the summer, thereby limiting my time to make contacts and my availability to undergo a visit or placement.
5. What methods of contacting creatives can you think of and what would you ask?
Methods of Contacting Creatives
- Researching studios on the internet
- Researching the studios of guest lecturers
- Talking to printers and other professionals in the industry
- Talking to relatives in the industry, my cousin is a illustrator
- Calling to arrange a visit to studios
- Emailing to arrange a visit to studios
- Via social media?
Questions I Would Ask
- What advice can they give to a budding graphic designer?
- What roles are there within the studio? Which Would suit me?
- What are the benefits of working within a studio as opposed to freelance?
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