Here are some concepts we’ve done recently for Elim’s Summit Conference 2010. Next years theme is ‘Equipped to Serve’, so we took last years concept of a mountain climber and continue the theme with an ice axe and a compass, equipment used by climbers. We asked for a list of relevant words which we could use to create the various images. This is what we came up with…
I was flicking through the pages of a popular arts and design magazine we subscribe to in the office the other day, when a certain advert caught my attention.
Apparently all those years I spent on a design education were wasted as I could have learnt it all in three months! Yes that’s right, in three months you can have a “World class education“, gain an “in-depth knowledge of the design programmes“, build a “professional portfolio“, and get a “top design job“!
This is utter nonsense, seriously. Would you trust a surgeon who attended a night class at the local secondary school? Ok, that might be pushing it, as doctors are saving lives and graphic designers are… well not. But I think it’s still utterly misleading. I was told yesterday there are 15,000 graduates coming out of university this year, all competing for 17 jobs. How annoyed would you be after spending 4-6 years of your life gaining a design education to find that the person who beat you to the position did 3 months worth of classes at night school? I think this is an unlikely scenario.
Mini rant over.
ps.
I’ve deleted the name of the college. Not because I’m afraid that this is the death of my profession, but to protect the innocent. I wouldn’t want anyone to waste 3 months of their lives after seeing some advert on this blog.
2 weeks ago, Ian Duffy from ID Computing came into our office. He was looking for a brochure as he’d never had one before. He was going to a conference and wanted some to take with him in order to showcase the work he does and the project he wants to raise awareness of. We were able to work with Ian on the content, design and get the brochure printed in time for his conference. If you have an event coming up and are looking for promotional material to take with you to give away to the people you meet, please feel free to speak to us, even if you’ve left it a little late!
