Planning ppp Presentation with Slides.

Beginning with Offset and the two designers that stood out for me as inspirational - Ian Anderson and Ben Bos. Great to begin the year with such a great set of talks as it got me really motivated and I learnt a lot.









Ian Anderson - Designers Republic 
Radical album artwork designs. 
Really outspoken
Though design should be heavy hitting.

 Example of a very rude but appropriate album cover design. That is even more relevant now.












Complete contrast to the Dutch Ben Bos - Total Design - the orginators of Dutch modernism. Worked alongside Wim Crouwel. 

Slowest talking human being 

Died earlier this year 

 Though simple and universal ideas displayed in modernism created one of the most iconic brands in history. 

Still used today. 

Started with only a few shops now is the leading company in its field. 

 MagCulture meets Unit Editions - interesting talk but the networking was more valuable. 

Met Jeremy Leslie 

Met Tony Brook and spoke about Ben Bos being slow. 

Told him I was getting a Unit Edition book for christmas.

Tony Book as father Christmas with my Lance Wyman book.  

Lead onto interviewing Jeremy 

Really extensive interview.

Learnt so much from it. 

Asked about indie magazine becoming more mainstream but he explained it much more complicated, some people don't wanna do it to make money ' They want to be successful on their own terms and part of that success is just making something beautiful.  

My most accomplished project to date.  All came together really well in the end - the printing , embossing the binding everything came together into a quality piece of work

 Really enjoyed the collaborative projects, often I feel as if I need to control a project but I have enjoyed being open to other ideas and let the project take shape on its own. Doing some small project management stuff. Washing brushes cleaning up, the little things that keep things ticking over. 

 Doing work for the creative industries, allows a freedom that sometimes is lost in other projects. Love seeing how the art influences the design and vice versa. There seems to be less budgets in these projects but I have learnt that this doesn't mean less important or less engaging. 

Limitations in the design process help shape the piece. 

 My voice as a designer... still not found it yet but this Rodchenko poster seems to show an answer ... Books! or editorial design of some kind, I feel my skills are more suited to printed tangible work. 

The work of Unit Editions has become more and more influential as the year has gone on. Internship there? I had never thought about it before but I would love to design magazines - both my parents do this so why not? 

Maybe work at the Magculture shop is possible? 

I really like the honesty of Apartamento magazine I feel I would be able to contribute to their work. 

Any Questions?