This brief
has been a lot of fun for me and has also taught me a lot about the industry
and the world of graphic design outside of university. One of the first things
I realised was that I had a very limited knowledge of studios and designers,
and that I need to fix this anyway, but even more so for this brief. Once I
found a few studios and creative I really liked, it was then time to contact
them to see if they would take the time to answer a few of my questions. At
first I just sent the list of questions in my opening email along with telling
them who I am and why I’m writing to them. To no surprise those couple of
people didn’t get back to me so I realised I should send an initial email to
let them know who I am and what I do, and then ask them if they would be
willing to help, rather than assuming they would in the first place. After I sent
my first email keeping this in mind, I got a reply straight away from a studio
in Toronto which I really liked. I then went on to send the interview questions
in a following email and also talk about a possible placement. I think I have
achieved what this brief was trying to get us to do; make a strong contact in
the industry.
As for the
creative report I think it came out pretty well. I wanted to use this opportunity
to try some new things and take inspiration from Blok’s work and implement it
into my own, which I think I did successfully.
If I were
to do this brief again I would definitely start earlier and just try and get in
touch with as many studios as possible, rather than stopping once I got a reply
or two. I feel this would have just backed up my submission while also helping
me get used to talking to potential employers and other people in the industry.
I do plan on keeping in touch with a couple of studios and even if people reply
after the submission, I will go ahead and ask them my intended interview
questions.
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