In a group of 3, design a free ad that will communicate the design practice of yourself and the others in your group. The design has to be non A format, but at an A3 scale. 50 words maximum and can be type, image, or type and image.
Grace Buckley
What is your professional name and contact details?
Grace Buckley
grace@8elm.co.uk
What words best describe your design practice?
handmade, idea driven, clean layout
What words best describe you as a person?
conscientious, organised, introverted, smiley, determined
What are your strongest design skills?
researching, drawings, mixed media
What areas of Graphic Design interest you?
print based, packaging, editorial
Who are your favourite designers/design studios?
Red Antler, Marion Bantjes, James Dawe, Aesthetic Apparatus, Alien Corset
What are your favourite design blogs?
CR blog, Alien Corset blog
What 5 things do you want to be?
successful, happy with what I do, confident in my own work
What 5 things do you think you need to do to be this?
work hard, get placements, research more blogs, visit more places
Research Into The Areas of Design That Grace Enjoys:
Sophie Abell
What is your professional name and contact details?
Sophie Abell
sophie-j-abell@hotmail.co.uk
www.s-abell1215.blogspot.co.uk
What words best describe your design practice?
precision, quality, creative
What words best describe you as a person?
hard working, committed, organised, professional, laid-back
What are your strongest design skills?
drawings, developing ideas, illustrator
What areas of Graphic Design interest you?
product and packaging, information and wayfinding
Who are your favourite designers/design studios?
Lovely Package, Inspire, Design Taxi
What are your favourite design blogs?
Design Taxi blog, Inspire Design blog, Lovely package blog, Debi Ward kennedy Design
What 5 things do you want to be?
creative (to create inspiring visuals), professional, to fulfil my potential
What 5 things do you think you need to do to be this?
finish uni, listen, research, learn
Research Into The Areas of Design That Sophie Enjoys:
Roxxie Blackham (me!)
What is your professional name and contact details?
Roxxie Blackham
roxie_101@msn.com
www.r-blackham1215.blogspot.co.uk
What words best describe your design practice?
"hands-on", imaginative, experimental, clean
What words best describe you as a person?
friendly, committed, reliable, clever
What are your strongest design skills?
hand-rendering typography, coming up with ideas visually, keen attention to detail and alignment, knowledge of design software, leading and working in a team
What areas of Graphic Design interest you?
typography: both digital and hand-rendered (really interested in type design), experimentations within Graphic Design (for example use of different materials and processes), printing and screen-printing, alternative and different packaging ideas/outcomes, creative/strong concepts behind the designs
Who are your favourite designers/design studios?
Jessica Hische, Craig Ward, Teagen White, Alberto Seveso
What are your favourite design blogs?
Behance, Lovely Packaging, Design Seeds, Jessica Hische's website
What 5 things do you want to be?
typographer, successful designer, confident with myself when presenting work, original
What 5 things do you think you need to do to be this?
practice, experience, organise myself, research into more designers and studios
Research Into The Areas of Design That I Enjoy:
