Urban Outfitters

Boxhead

Hazel and I spent a week at Boxhead. They said the were very busy and got us to work on some signage they were producing for the Bivouac. It was a small, friendly studio and although I felt nervous about not being able to do what they wanted we got straight into the briefs.

 We worked on signage which was to be lasered into wood so took a trip down to Duke Studios to test out the laser cutter. It was good to go out and work on different things and see briefs take shape to be used in real world rather than just college work which sometimes has no purpose.

 I liked how David sent us out to gather some first hand research for a taxi brief. It was refreshing to see that they actually carry out the design process rather than just going straight to a mac. So Hazel and I took the camera and visited some taxi waiting rooms.

 We created some intentionally bad designs for the taxi brief, it was fun to work on but actually proved to be difficult creating bad designs on purpose going against what you know.

 At the end of the week the team kindly gave us each some posters and we returned the favour with a polaroid camera they had their eye on.

It was interesting to see how such a small studio works and the roles they play and they really created a team. It made me aware of how I would like to be part of a small team like this and have a role.

The Netherlands

I've  been looking at a few design studios in the Netherlands and found a couple that I really like. One is even looking for an intern which I really want to apply for which is Silo. They have a lot of identites, print and publication work that really intersts me and also a lot of work for the arts and culture sector with work for exhibitions etc.

I attempted to translate the advert for an intern and what I got from it was:

Aware of adobe programmes
Heated with creative vision (this may not be correct)
Good work, functional and comprehend (again, something not right)
And then something like show your motivation and cv to...

So I'm thinking of re-doing my sampler of work and possibly attahcing a CV to the back of that as soon as possible and maybe sending some kind of physical sample through the post. I want to create a newspaper style publication like I was talking about before just because I think it would be an interesting way of sending a portfolio.

YCN

I was searching for design internships and came across YCN one, I didn't even know there was this section on their page! I was looking through the list and really like the sound of this one actually for YCN. It is for a minimum of a month and based in London and I hopefully fit the requirement list, I need to sort out my CV and sampler as soon as possible and get applying.