Today we visited Team Impression a design led print service and production management in Leeds.

Thompson. Leeds

Leeds College of Music (LCM) is an exciting and progressive place. With alumni like Matthew Bourne and Badly Drawn Boy, and an amazing performance space which has featured everyone from Amy Winehouse to Michael Nyman – it’s the place to go to get the best possible start in the music industry. In 2009 LCM needed to move away from their established acronym, and revert to using their full name ‘Leeds College of Music’. They saw this as an opportunity to look again at their brand, which had been celebrated since its inception five years before. The brand was extremely popular, and led to a surge in the college’s popularity, recognised by a prestigious DBA Design Effectiveness award.

We created a fresh look and feel which kept all of the integrity of the original brand. The words 'Leeds College of Music' took on a free form, appearing as stacked type in a variety of different fonts, to represent the diversity and eclecticism of the college. Combined with a suite of low-fi imagery created by shooting to film and polaroid, the new brand showed a college which was retrospective yet modern, and more cutting edge than ever. The rebrand has been a great success and early interest in the 2010/2011 HE Prospectus has been higher than ever. In Further Education the College is now so popular that the amount of FE Open Evenings held in 09/10 will potentially need to be increased by 50% compared to events held in 08/09.

Group Tutorial Prep

What is Industrial Experience?

1. Gathering information on companies i would like to work for

2. Building contacts

3. Developing an understanding of how i will fit into the industry

4. Seeing how design works out in industry

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What can i learn from Industrial Experience?

1. To look at real briefs and what projects you would be given in industry

2. How a company works, how you as a designer work with them.

3. How to talk to clients

4. How to talk to printers

5. Costings, how much i would charge.
  

What form/ format can it take?

1. Doing work placement for 1 week plus, which allows you to get stuck into some real design projects


2. Small visits to design studio to grasp a feel of what work they do and how the agency works.


3. Home research on companies via the web, phone or books.


4. Speaking to 'people in the know' that can point you in the right direction of agencies you may be interested in.


5. A part time job, working for a company for so many hours a week, having your own projects.


6. Live briefs, competitions, that get you working to others specifications and deadlines.


What areas of industry are you interested in?

360 degree agencies, those that are multi-disciplinary, that will allow me to cover a broad range of design.
I'm really interested in packaging, editorial layouts, branding and books!
I would like to get back on track with my photography

What are your concerns about industrial experience?

1. That I will not be up to a high enough standard/ know enough to participate in work within the industry yet. 


2. I am worried about contacting industries as i don't feel confident enough in my abilities as a designer.


3. That I will be given pointless tasks that won't teach me anything.


4. Taking on a work placement that i don't enjoy.


5. That i feel like a hassle to them :/

Type in Motion

Local Companies

Inchpunch is a Yorkshire based Graphic Design Studio for print, web and new media. 

At Inchpunch Design & Communication we believe simply fitting in isn't enough.

In todays overcrowded marketplace you need to stand out from the crowd. Our small team passionate about delivering unique, engaging and intelligent creative solutions that will help your business get noticed. 

Type In Motion

Allan Design- Integrated Marketing Agency


























I searched for Graphic Design agencies in the local area to see what was on my doorstep, i would like to work with companies that have a larger range of bigger clientel so I can be more creative with my work. But i think companies like these would be good for work experience to see how they work and where they fit into the design world.

Location

My ideal location for work would be in the local area Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Huddersfield, York. I'm very happy with my life at the moment and i know that if i moved too far away for a job i wouldn't enjoy it.. but at the same time i don't want to hold back from working somewhere i would love because of my relationships. I need to make sure i balance the two as for me my work and social life feed each other.



For work experience I want to try different companies around the UK to give me an idea of the differences in companies and where i can find the work i want to do.

Pentagram

Multi-disciplinary design firm with offices worldwide, specializing in graphic design, architecture, and industrial design.

360degree Design Agencies.

I would like to work in a company/ agency where i can work with a number of Graphic resolutions.

I am interested in branding, editorial (type layout publishing) and packaging. I want to work somewhere that i am constantly being challenged to push myself and my ideas further... to keep upto date with software and current trends. A studio based environment with a small team of passionate designers, where ideas and creativity are the drive for work.

What do i want to achieve this year?

I want to explore the industry, find where it is that i belong, find out how to approach these companies and what i want to find out from them.
I want to be able to manage my time efficiently and hopefully this will help me to be less stressed!

What do i want to achieve by the end of next year?

By the end of next year i want to leave with a portfolio of work that i am proud of.
I want to know what kind of companies i would like to work for and

What do i want from my career?

To work in a 360 degree's/ multi disciplinary agencies, that gives me the chance to work on a broad range of briefs covering all aspects of Graphic Design
I want to be financially comfortable, but more importantly i want to enjoy my job, if this means working for less money then so be it.
More than anything i want to be happy and confident.

Rationale 3 FINAL

I've been thinking about this ALLLL wrong, well kind of ...its not about re-creating the totally same experience, why would you want to do that!?! thats what gigs are all about to experience something there that you can't at home. It's not about laser beams flying around people's rooms at home while people sing along in strange costumes i want it to be a much more personal connection. Items that are more organic and i guess 'spiritual' in a way, items that will suit there're type of music but obviously have strong connections with they're identity and will allow a stronger engagement with the music... items that are there to add to the beauty of the sound not draw the attention away from the music.

Good is ...engaging with music at home.

Why?

1. Music Visuals

2. Elements of the performance, all senses.

3. The individual personal experience

4. Sharing an experience

5. The science behind creating a mood/ emotion

I intend to promote the idea of engaging with music at home through the use of a limited edition pack sent out from the band to the fans so they can be part of the experience.


This will be sent out to the fans using information of those signed up to the Fever Ray online mailing list.

As Fever Ray nears an end i will create a one off, limited edition pack that will be sent out to her fans to say thanks for supporting her throughout her solo project and will enable them to keep engaging with the music, it is a very personal promotional product to send. 

In order to achieve this i will produce a pack that is sent out to her fans on the mailing list, the pack will include 3-5 items that connect to the visual elements of Fever Ray looking mainly at the live show and her artwork. As well as a booklet including photography and a personal message from Fever Ray.

The main design elements of this are the limited edition pack (packaging), the items inside (creating a theme that runs through all of them)

This will be produced using high quality processes such as die cutting, silver blocking and rich stocks as it will be a high budget one off piece and will be kept as a limited edition/ special item/ collectors item. Because i will be printing onto thicker stocks, possibly fabrics or items i will be using screen printing as my process of printing.