4 Designers quotes, and advice.

Design Council - David Kester

"Where does design come in? Design isn't always what we think it is, design is normally the way we think about things right from the beginning of a problem and actually using it to understand the problem."

Someone - Simon Manchipp, Gary Hall, David Law

launching/relaunch and managing brands.

Their opinion "Logos are dying, as it is expensive, not very useful, confusing and boring"

(I strongly disagree! Logos and branding works together my opinion is that a brand must have a logo for a business to expand. Logo on it's own can sometimes leave question marks in our minds, this is where branding comes in to established what it is, the logo acts as a device that can then be applied with the brand identity to anything that will convey, who they are, what they do and where they from. once the brand identity and logo are seen together from it's demographic then the logo acts as a sign, a mark of identity on its own.)

Everyone has opinions what's yours?

Mike Dempsey

Tips of being a good designer

Look - really see can find solutions staring at you

Read - many ideas come from reading, read the copy your given

Ideas - look for ideas in project

History - absorb all previous experiences

Passion - passion is infectious

Curiosity - got to be curious to look for things and may find the solution to your problem

No - be persuasive and push

Rules - learn the rules before breaking them

Words - not just visual

Voice - is an instrument never underestimate, to communicate effectively

Ego - got to be different

Rejection - learn from it, get up and fight another day

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4 Designers quotes, and advice.

Thoughtful - Stuart Price, Chris Jeffrey

To be interesting you need to be interested. Take inspiration in everything you see it may come in handy when it comes to doing your designs.

Paula Scher

"Only work with the best even if it means you don't get paid."

Michael Johnson

"Prepare to do placements, have a good PDF work. If you are good it will happen."

Graduate entering the industry you got to keep yourself in their minds, because they will be busy and will forget who and how good you are, considering you will be competing against so many other graphic designers. You need to have persistence, to be able to do that you need to be different.

Micheal Wolf

"Looking for people who has appreciation of life and everybody and have no fear of their imagination"

James Carazzo

"Don't give up, if you don't give up you will get a job in design industry. Never, never, never give up."

The Chase - Lise Brian

Graduates entering the industry Top 10 Tips

Get a name and spell it correctly - don't send emails like sending to one of your mates.

Don't attach too many folders - make it easy for them to get to the point where you want them to get to

Follow up with a call - be keep them thinking about you

Be nice to receptionists - they could help you and put you through to a person who you need to see.

Got interview? - try not to be too nervous

Know something about where your going - needs to have reason why you gone for that particular job

Be enthusiastic - need to look motivated if not it gives the impression of laziness

No Jobs? - ask about placements

Turn up unannounced - Ask anyone to spare 5 minutes

Can i help? - offer to help

"Given advice? you don't have to take it!"

4 Designers Conference 22/02/10

Patrick Baglee who is the director of creative strategy navyblue found four designers eleven years ago. This design conference is for students to have this opportunity to listen to design practitioners talk about themselves, to hear about the reality of life as a designer. In this conference four designers will talk about their work and to also hear them talk about their experience in how they deal with the ups and downs of life in a creative profession.

Day 1

Thoughtful - Stuart Price, Chris Jeffrey

The Chase - Lise Brian

Day 2

The Design Council - David Kester

Someone - Simon Manchipp, Gary Hall, David Law

Graphic Journey - Mike Dempsey

We actually saw 8 designers...

What is the difference between Graphic Design and Graphic Communication?

Graphic communications reflects all changes in the industry, color science, electronic prepress and digital printing, digital image capture, color management, and flexography. Graphic communications has more to do with the industry expanding and getting products out on the market. It suggests communication through a design.

Graphic design is based on 6 principals rhythm, balance, proportion, variety, emphasis, and harmony. There are also 5 elements to graphic design as well they are lines, shapes, mass, texture, and color. Graphic design has to do with the physical product/art work of a company, the design and lay out of a product. It is basically ideas through creativity of the mind.