On Tuesday night we had the honour of congratulating Sinead McGreevy on completing an HND in Graphic Design at South Regional College. Sinead had been gaining experience in our studio for over 6 months and had been an asset to the team. The end of year shows were of particular interest due to our partnership working with the Design Centre ran by Michael Toman, allowing us to share live creative projects and offering feedback to help nurture creativity. Ryan Stanfield, senior designer at Kaizen Brand Evolution officially opened the shows, a previous student of the college his foundation in design studies and subsequent career launch has forged links with the College that continues to give back. Sinead’s final major project produced a series of educational resource books, containing basic information and theory behind graphics design. The project was named ‘Basepoint’ and we feel would be great tool for young designers starting out looking for industry hints and tips to get them studio ready. Following the end of year shows, the Design Centre students were awarded 1st Place in the ‘Creative Industries’ category of the Best Awards 2016. We were glad to play a small part in it all and am sure there was much celebrating at the weekend!
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Nurturing creativity
Southern Regional College
We have embarked on a partnership with Southern Regional College to work with students who are undertaking the graphic design course. To help develop industry skills and prepare students for live in a studio we are submitting live briefs for participation. The students get exposure to client briefs and an opportunity to respond in real time. We critique the responses offering advice and guidance and also show the final client pitch so that they can see the level of work involved and how their response compares. For some their work will get in front of the clients noses, for others they get to see how they can tweak and improve connecting to be client ready. In addition we have offered time to assist with portfolio surgeries to help prepare students for the recruitment process, advising on how to collate their work and mock interviews. We feel strongly about giving back to colleges that have supported us and prepare students so that they are industry ready on graduation. We have been impressed by the student’s thinking and commitment to deadlines, their motto to communicate, connect and create is paying off!
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