My placement was at The Point Design www.thepointdesign.co.uk a design agency in Newcastle quite near the Baltic actually. They have just moved at an amazing building The Toffee Factory.
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| The Toffee Factory |
Right about the placement, it started at the beginning of the Easter holidays and was for 3 weeks, luckily the College was closed so I didn't miss any digital skills lessons. So my day started at 7o'clock when I had to leave to get to Newcastle. The working hours were from 8:45 to 5:30. Throughout my time at the Point I kept a detailed diary everyday based on what I did which I won't post on my blog as it talks about the company and there clients and thats private to them, I will however have to hand it in at College as I will get marked on it. But her are some pictures of some of the stuff that I did at the Point.
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| Icons for a baby event |
Right so what did I learn?
Technically I had used all of the software they they have on the Mac's (Photoshop,Illustrator) so I didn't really learn anything new there apart from on Photoshop I learned about creating paths on pictures and clipping masks which was handy as I will probably use them again instead of the wand tool which is a lot less accurate.
I learned quite a lot about what it actually takes to run a successful design agency, its not just great design all the time. Jane Sadler the creative director said that good design is only 50% of a good agency the rest is keeping all work done for previous briefs, managing time wisely and getting to know your clients, and its kind of true, what good is it to start your own graphic design company if you don't have any clients.
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