B&W Studio visit & placement

I visited B&W Studio on the 18th (bit late posting this) despite initially getting lost and being directed to a huge mill directly in front of me. I created a short pdf portfolio featuring some of my work prior to the visit as suggested by John just incase Lee requested to see some of my work and I also took the business cards I got printed with Moo. The studio is in a great building - they are the only current residents of Castleton Mill.

He gave me some really insightful feedback regarding my work - he liked my design a day project and the work devised for the moving image project (OUGD202). He suggested more emphasis should be put on the more creative and self initiated work that showcase individual and distinctive skills as it provides an opportunity to show off what you can do.

I was offered a placement! I'm really chuffed as I love the work they do at B&W. He said to email him with some dates I'm available over summer.

Portfolio PDF

I created this portfolio PDF for my visit to B&W as suggested by John - in hindsight I should have spent more time on this and added more projects as I needed to take into account not being able to access the internet to show my website. I included my favourite projects as of yet, including the recent project done for the product / range / distribution brief.

Contacting B&W

I sent a few emails last Tuesday and got a reply off B&W studios who let me come in for a visit! Perfect timing that my website was down at the time however, but I also sent them a link to my design a day project which they seemed to like, really chuffed.

I ordered some business cards from Moo so I will take these with me and ask them as many questions as possible - it's one of my favourite studios so as much insight into their practice would be great.

When my website was back up I sent them the link once again and I have organised a visit for this Thursday.

Contacting studios

Here are the emails I have sent out so far, with a plan on contacting some more throughout the summer. I had help from Jane with the wording but made sure I included links to my online portfolio and my design a day. Looking back on these, they seem quite lengthy and people might be put off from reading them - I'll need to think about refining these when contacting other studios.

PPD Group tutorial

Design by Day

Design by Day

Design by Day are a Salford-based creative agency who seem to specialise with web design. However, their portfolio also showcases print-based solutions along with motion graphics. I am interested in web design and have used digital design in some of my projects but would love to explore it in more depth. As this studio is based in Salford and Warrington is around a 20 min train journey away, it would be a great studio to do a placement in. They currently offer an intern programme but the deadline is fairly soon.

Contact

0161 832 4471
hello@designbyday.co.uk

Studio 306, Islington Mill
James Street, Salford, M3 5HW

SB Studio

SB Studio

SB Studio are a small brand consultancy with offices in both Liverpool and London. The work immediately attracted me to this studio due to its diversity and range but its location in Liverpool is a close connection to Warrington. They pride themselves on being a small, independent team whereas the clients differ substantially in size. Their work spans across a range of media through publications, web designs, brand identity and so on.

http://sb-studio.co.uk/journal/#!/internship-programme

Contact details

+44 (0) 151 709 5636
north@sb-studio.co.uk