Monday, 8 November 2010

Group tutorial prep

1. What is industrial experience?
Seeing how the industry operates
Visiting a studio/manufacturer 
Handling the print and production of a piece of design 
Attaining a professional experience 
Working freelance
Understanding how an organisation functions
Live briefs/competitions 

2. What can you learn from from industrial experience
Develop new skills
Gain contacts- can help me when i leave the course
See how a professional workplace operates 
How their expertise will help me
Gain some direction into where in the industry i would fit in
Become aware of a working environment 
Grow in confidence as a graphic designer 
See what would be right or wrong for me
Get a good view of the people i would be working with 
Learn to work as part of a team 
Communicate effectively 
Cope under pressure
Some skills can only be learnt with actual experience such as, communication skills, 
communicating with a client/employer 
Awareness of the type of jobs that are available to me as a graphic designer 
decide whether i want to work with others in a studio or freelanced
Give you  more of a chance to be known in the industry 

3. What form/format could industrial experience take?
Placements
Studio visits 
Volunteer work 
talking to professionals
live competition briefs- shows you how to work to deadlines, publicise your work and work against other designers
seeing what its like to work for a paying employer/client

4. What areas of industry are you interested in?
Type/image/print/layout/packaging
Embossing, foil blocking







5. What are your concerns about industrial experience?
Am i ready?
Am i good enough?
Do i have enough experience?
Will i be working in an area that suites me?

1 comments:

jane denton said...

short concerns but big ones! you are definately ready for work exp-you are not yet ready for a £25,000 per annum job and you are not asking for that. Always good to worry about being good enough-it means you will approach each project with 100% commitment.You are going to gain experience and they will expect you to have had 2 years graphic design education nothing more and you have that. as for last question-that's up to you to research,contact and arrange placement with somewhere you think you may enjoy/gain from.

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