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The realities of a working designer’s life.

A first taste of the real world of work can be a a bit of a reality check for the aspiring creative. One of my hobbies throughout college, and one that had also supplemented my student income, was music. I had played around local folk clubs, both solo and in various...

Design and designers – getting to know the names.

Every discipline has its own language and its own narrative. And stories need heroes. Part of getting to grips with design lay in understanding the history and the key players. Slowly my awareness of the output of graphic designers was growing. There were exhibitions...

Product design or graphic design?

When you know little about design, important choices such as whether to pursue graphic or product design may be made for the the most ill-informed reasons. In the early months of my course I still had a muddled vision of where I was going, though I was influenced as...