OUGD502 / Taking care of business / Partenership Agreement

OUGD502 / Taking care of business / Starting up

We are: economically friendly design studio which designs for print, screen and the environment. 

How we work: work together - then divide depending on the brief. 

Targeting: design conscious companies, independent companies/businesses.

How we're different: the way in which we deal with clients, make it personal.

How we promote: design on the streets (environment), design for kickstarter projects, leave prints in design hot spots, competitions, social media.

Name: eko (because economically friendly, possibly pronounced 'echo').
Aloe (because green / sounds like hello).

OUGD502 / Ideas for business / What I like

Research has been undertaken on design studios which appeal to me.

print
digital
retail
packaging
service 
product
charity
law
niche or not?
food/ beverages
why are we different
how we promote
why come to us


Maddison Graphic - design studio in Norwich
The aesthetic of this design company appeals to me as they use a lot of bright, fun colours, and playful geometric shapes, as well as being very neat and ordered. I like how they create prints as well as publications, posters etc.

Block design - design studio in Toronto, Ontario

This studio also use a lot of colour and is experimental with typography.

Foreign Policy - in Singapore 

The publication design here is very interactive and interesting, while the design

Damien Tram

OUGD502 / Creative Report / Nous Vous

Nous Vous email conversation:

The interview:

OUGD502 / Creative Report / Questions for interviews

• How does Nous Vous function creatively? When a client turns up with an assignment, how is it handled? 

• If you’re struggling for inspiration how do you overcome this? 

• What designers influence you / who are your design heroes? 

• Walk me through one of your favourite projects. 

• Did you make any mistakes at university or in your career? If so how did you overcome this? 

• Did you do a lot of work experience / internships while you were studying for your degree? If so, how did this impact you? Did you find this influenced your style or the way you work? 

• Have you ever had a project where you disagreed with the client’s direction and if so how did you handle it? 

• What are your hopes and plans for 2016?

OUGD502 / Dreams

I want to work abroad in many different places such as Berlin, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Rotterdam, and more. 

I want to work for small design studios as well as big, as I think I will only learn what I like and how I work best through experiencing different surroundings. 

I want to work in many different areas in design to discover my strengths and weaknesses.

I eventually want to work creatively in a flexible job I enjoy and am passionate about, to experience new cities in different countries and find somewhere and something I love. 

OUGD502 / Studio Brief 01 / Creative report

'You must demonstrate a more refined understanding of the graphic design and creative industries particularly by researching and reflecting on the operating practices of local, national and international designers and studios.'

When I think of graphic design studios I would aspire to work in one day, I think of these:

Nous Vous

http://nousvous.eu/

'Nous Vous is Jay Cover, William Edmonds and Nicolas Burrows.
We collaborate on a broad range of projects including illustration & graphic design commissions, exhibitions, curatorial work, publishing and teaching.

We create playful & intelligent visual work appropriate to the context, communicating fluently across a range of processes including drawing, painting, collage, digital image-making and three-dimensional installation.'

Hey 

http://heystudio.es/

'Hey is a graphic design studio based in Barcelona, Spain.We specialise in brand identity, editorial design and illustration.
We love geometry, colour and direct typography.'

Inventory 

http://inventorystudio.co.uk/

'Inventory Studio is a London based creative agency working with a diverse range of individuals, institutions, cultural and commercial clients to produce a range of work across brand identity, print, publishing, exhibition design and signage & way finding.'

OUGD502 / Shape prints

A few variations of some shape prints, eventually these will be screen printed or riso printed. Research is being undertaken as to where riso printing is available in Leeds to make this possible.

OUGD502 / Study Task / Summer

Over this summer I worked in 4 different cafe's over all, as well as going to 3 festivals. The most influential experience I had was travelling to Croatia with my friends to go to Outlook festival. The festival was in Pula and we camped right by the beach. As it's the biggest festival in Europe people from all around the world were there and we made friends with and camped with people from Perth in Australia, Paris and some people from Devon, London and Chester, all of which I am still in contact with now and hope to meet up with or even camp with again next year.

I found it really interesting hearing about life in Australia and Paris, as well as hearing how they perceived life in England. We were all camping together so we ended up forming a big group, it was really exciting to be with all these different people from different places, having the one thing in common that we had all travelled there to go to the festival. When talking to a guy from Paris we talked about how I thought the English are generally more reserved than people abroad, which is why I'd like to live abroad when I'm older, however he disagreed and argued that in England people dress so much more outgoing and have pink hair and tattoos, whereas a lot of places abroad are a lot more conservative. I never thought about this much but when thinking about it the people at English festivals are dressed up very outgoing with glitter everywhere and wigs, whereas at Outlook it was generally a lot more relaxed (partly because of how hot it was). Possibly the British culture is more into their appearance? 

One of the peaks of the festival was actually outside of Outlook. By word of mouth we had heard about a lighthouse, which was outside of the festival, we had to swim round the side of the beach while no security was looking, I was with a friend who I had just met that week. We had to walk through wooded rocky areas in bare feet and just as we'd been walking for about 15 minutes we came to an opening. There was a massive bridge which looked like it could break with big gaps in so you had to be careful when crossing or you'd fall in the water, there were a lot of people and they'd set up little areas to sit with hammocks, there was music, drinks, people were diving of the rocks and there obviously the lighthouse. It was so fun discovering this little place and the fact we didn't have any cameras on us or anything made us appreciate the experience more as we could only keep the memory in our heads. 

Going on all these experiences with new and different people in a different country was really exciting and made me realise how much I want to travel or and live in lots of different places in my life to experience different cultures, people and places.

Sabine Timm

I came across this artist through Instagram, he describes himself as 'I'm an a rust, creator, beach-trash collector, flea-market lover and photographer'. He created little scenes and compositions from small things he has found and collected, I think they look really interesting and light hearted. They are all miniature which I think is why it initially appealed to me as I have always been drawn to miniature art/ things.

His Flickr account:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/25179368@N06/