Career session @ Village with Intern

Intern's fourth issue was launching at Village, and with this came the option to book a one to one career slot with Alec, Holly or Joe Boyd.

The career session entailed some questions I had about working with publications in the future. Since I know this is my specialism in regards to design, I asked Alec about ways to start and for some advice. The advice I was given was that I should just go for it, and sometimes being self indulgent can pay off. I see myself working with magazines, and I'm even interested in starting my own, so this was sound advice for someone in my position.

We also discussed work experience, and ways to approach studios for visits and possible interning which is beneficial as it is a goal of mine to have multiple studio visits and two intern positions by the end of the academic year.

Overall it was a relaxed environment to basically talk and ask questions, no pressure. It offered me a lot of helpful advice for the future and actually motiviated me to follow what I want to do, because if I'm not enjoying it, what's the point?

PPP / Dr ME zine workshop

This session entailed a much needed collage/zine workshop, which enabled us to freely create as Dr ME said, 'happy accidents'. The aim was to make something using collage techniques. In all honesty, it was a much needed break from context of practice and allowed me to step out of the more academic side of the course and create something for fun.

There was materials to use at the ready, and we spent our time cutting and sticking to our hearts content.

The final piece was inspired by projects I'm currently working on in COP, and included experimenting with religious imagery on a more ambiguous level. It was fun!!!