On the 15th January, 4 students from our media class had the privelege of visiting a design studio in Shorditch called Thin Martian.
When we got there, we sat down at a table and met three people who worked there. They all came from different departments and we were able to ask them questions about their jobs and how they came into this business. One thing that I found interesting was that a lot of people in the design industry didn't always want to be their. They normally start out as something completely different and then somehow end up in the business.
After we finished speaking to the staff, we were then given the opportunity to design our own logo for the Creative and Media Diploma. I found this bit particularly hard as I couldn't come up with any ideas to contribute.
Overall the day was very enjoyable and I learn't quite a few things about the graphic design industry. For instance I learnt the different stages that they go through in order to come up with a design. They go through so many different designs and play around with so many different colours before they come up with a final design.
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I'm glad you found the trip interesting. I thought they had a fantastic office space and would love to have our classroom looking like that! I know you found the logo design hard, but now that you can see it's a process I hope you'll be able to offer some ideas for design projects and get other people to help you bring it all together. Ming has sent us a few versions of our ideas so I'll show you on Thursday.
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