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  • microkorg2

    Real world experience and a hunger and passion for what they do.

    Back when I was at art college (graphic design & multimedia) there were was a bunch of us in the class who would spend their spare time 3D modelling, Building stuff in Director (before Flash!), doing Flyers for mates, little freelance jobs. Lived and breathed design.
    I was offered a job at the top web design agency in the country even before I'd graduated based on my portfolio of mostly 'self' work. We were the group that got the higher results and the better jobs for leading companies.

    That's the kind of person I'd employ.

    I'd say my peers were just as much an influence on my work as my tutors were. We all pushed each other, almost trying to outdo each other. Surround yourself with likeminded individuals with similar interests. When we learned new things we shared with each other - this happens a lot more worldwide now with people doing YT tutorials on software etc.

    We had guys coming in from the 'real world' teaching us how to use some of the software because the lecturers were old skool typographers and designers. Really got to learn a lot from these guys.

    Follow your gut. Do what YOU want to do!
    At college I was really influenced by Neville Brody, Tomato, Attik and the likes and was knocking out stuff like that. When it came to very classical typography briefs I was really f*cking things up and going experimental - that didn't go down too well with the old skool typography lecturer but I was doing what I wanted to do and pushing boundaries not just conforming.

    • I still have those first Attik books. They were out of this world at that time. Great stuff.formed
    • I had an interview at Attik London about getting an internship at their NY office as I was potentially getting a bursary to do something like that ...microkorg
    • ... sadly the bursary never ended up happening but they did give me a free book :)microkorg

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