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…