Chat with John

On tuesday I had a chat with John about the direction of my PPD blog and my research into people and studios in the industry. 

I told him of my concerns about the direction of my work. Simply telling him that, until this point, I haven't really known what I wanted to do, both now and in the future. I want to develop my own style and really start working on my own briefs and doing the things that I enjoy. 

I also showed him my blog. 

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It is just a mis-match of things, pieces of design, illustration and photographs that I find and like on my trawls through the internet. It has almost become a hobby in itself. Looking at other people's blogs and other websites (eg weheartit.com) where I find countless bits of design/art that I adore. Then I think to myself... why on earth aren't I doing this?! I am capable...

He then told me, that, from this point on, the course itself is very much pupil-lead. We write our own briefs,  we essentially do what we want to do. Which really excited me. 

He then explained about the two types of designers... the creative and the contextual. The creative makes work because it looks nice... the contextual because it has a purpose. Both produce stunning pieces of work, but function differently.

He looked at my personal blog and said he thought I was more of a creative, and that I should start producing work that I enjoy... and like the result of (he also added that you will only make on average 4 pieces of work a year that you are truly proud of.) 

He also said that I want to work on a very personal level. My interpretation of things. Such as album artwork (listen to the record... visually represent what I thought) or book covers. Which I think was a spot-on analysis. This is very much me. 

He gave me a list of websites to trawl through, with portfolios and design studios. He said I needed to spend a lot of time just seeing things that were already out there. Spend hours looking at all these studios and freelancers around the world and just see what I like and really get a feel of what I might like to do in the future. 

So here goes...