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- tparsons
For the Summer I have an Apprentice/Intern with zero design education. I need to come up with a goals list along with some projects to get the process going. I've provided books etc. to learn about some of the basic terminology etc. so that when we're talking about things they're understood.
Anyone on here have some good ideas in regards to getting someone up to speed and being able to start working on things to gain the experience they'll benefit from.
Thanks,
- ninjasavant0
How much education do you want the info to be comparable to?
- tparsons0
This person has more drive than most. I see that the potential is there. This persons formal design education is zero so I'm trying to come up with a list of things that can be done as stepping stones.
At the moment we're creating a fictitious company, doing a creative brief, and then moving on to sketches of the logo and the type.
- heavyt0
One way i remember learning was to try to recreate good logos from scratch. It helps to disect the process and learn to use the tools, etc. And there is always an objective way to "grade" the results.
- digdre0
damn, i have design education, and I can't find a place to do intern during summer.. fuck this
- Oneburn0
have him/her design something with styles they are not comfortable with
- dskz0
But if you get along and they are willing to learn, hey why not?
- amongthemasses0
teach them about typography please.
- tparsons0
@ heavyt... great idea.
@ amongthemasses.. that is exactly where we're starting.
- amongthemasses0
other basic subjects you might want to cover are form, structure, layout, gestalt, hierarchy, and color theory.
- oozie0
is this a design internship? how on earth do you get an design intern with zero design experience? the intership i had had like zero time for learning basic concepts and everything to do with staying the fuck out of the way of the pros and bosses and keeping my ass of the ground. i'd kill for someone to treat me like a first year student and get paid for it
- They don't get paid. All of my internships were non-paid. The experience should be pay enough.tparsons
- 'experince' learning basic design though? doesn't sound like good experince to meoozie
- Doesn't sound like you're internships were very good. The one's I had, I learned a whole lot.tparsons
- uh i learned about a proffesional environment and work flow not form and typography thanksoozie
- i also got refences that can talk about my real experience not how well i figured out how to make a logooozie
- was with a major company and i got paid. i think it kills this one.oozie
- tparsons0
Thanks for the info... this is a good start.
- tparsons0
@ oozie... good to hear it worked out for you.
Best,