OUGD502 Studio Brief 2 | Presentation Slides

Here is my self-branding. As I said previously I have designed it to be very minimal and clean to reflect my design style.

Photography is my main passion outside of university so I thought it would be relevant to include in my presentation. It has influenced a lot of my work and allowed me to discover other creatives around the world.

Editorial design is something I really enjoy, probably more than anything else in graphic design. My love for photography often works well with my enjoyment for designing books and publications. 

Editorial design is not something I saw myself enjoying before starting this course. It has really grown on me the more and more I do it as the only work I'm ever kind of proud of are the few publications I have done.

Here is what my website could possibly look like. I chose to showcase my photography and past work in such a large format to show potential clients and customers what I do and what my work is like. It has links to my past work, how to contact me and an 'about me page' where I talk a little bit about myself and the work I produce.

This is what my business cards and collateral look like. Again, I have kept it very minimal and clean in line with my branding. I don't see the need for anything to be on there that isn't needed; it has my logo, my number, my website and where to find me on social media. 

In the future I really want to try as many cities as possible really to find where I really like and feel like I could work and live, but in particular Toronto and New York. At the moment, Toronto has a really strong creative scene that fascinates me and I think working there would be really interesting. I am currently in talks with a studio in Toronto about a placement over the summer.

Placement Abroad:
As I said I am currently talking to Blok Studios about a possible placement over the summer. I really want to get some experience over the summer in order to learn more about the real world and the industry outside of university. I also want to travel and just see what's out there, so I thought combining the two would be very helpful and exciting.


Make the briefs more suited to me:
In the past I haven't really liked a lot of the briefs other than Studio Brief 3 in the last module as it was editorial and photography, so in the future I plan on looking deeper into the briefs to find a way to make them enjoyable for what I like.


Improve time management:
This is something I have always struggled with. I find it hard to do work when there isn't a deadline looming as I just get too distracted. This plays well with my previous aim of enjoying the brief more because if I am enjoying the work I am doing and producing, I will be more inclined to do it.


Experiment more:
I feel like sometimes I play projects too safe and do what I know I can do and what will look good. So I plan on playing around with colour and image a lot more in my work, which I did actaully do for my creative report.