Every other Wednesday the University organises an industry talk; focused around large designs firms or well known individuals. These people come in and give an hour presentation to our mix of students, aiming to have some sort of positive influence on our design career – and they do. Thus far this term we have had visits from Kinneir Dufort, ARNO, and an exceptionally interesting piece by Mark Wilkinson.
It was Matt Tipping from ARNO though that really struck a chord with me. During his talk on point of sale design he highlighted a particular project that, although not relieving any of the stress, did make me feel a little better about the continuous deadlines we have had as of late. This project involved him receiving a brief, concepting a design, refining it, building it on cad and producing full working engineering drawings suitable for manufacture – all in 2 days.
Suddenly it doesn’t seem so bad. Lack of sleep, continuous concepting, stress and sore hands from drawing – and I am not alone! Perhaps this course is intended to not only push us, but to train us to the added pressure of the modern design industry?
Continuous pressure can never be a good thing, but the occasional trial and push for tangible results – as with the Peg RP Project – can be an invigorating process…
On the other hand though, it means I may not actually sleep until retirement…
Tags: arno, deadlines, industry talks, kinneir dufort, mark wilkinson, second year, uwe
