PPP // John Task 1 - Five Studios we would liek to work for and why

All the studios I have presented below, I have tried to pick depending on both their location, work ethos and work environment as well as the style of design they produce. I want to find a studio that is heavily involved in brand and identity and mostly print based products, however I wouldn't mind trying to find a multidisciplinary studio so I can work, learn and develop the design skills I will have formed on this course.

I wouldn't say I have a style of design but I would say I feel like all the studios I have chosen would benefit from my conceptual approach when it comes to general graphic design.
 
Blacksheep Design Studio - Cape Town South Africa
 

When we were asked to find these 5 examples of studios that we are creatively attracted to I tried to think of what I would really like out of my dream design job, and I realised one of the main factors for me was the environment and culture I would be working in, having visited South Africa and Loving the city, it's weather, culture, people and landscape. I thought I would try and find a couple of studios in Cape Town that focus on the areas of design I am most interested.

I browsed a series of South African studios that focus mainly on branding and printed graphic design, and Blacksheep attracted my attention when I saw the existing branding work they have produced as well as the wide variety of clients that they work with. They work on various different types of media from surf boards to gift cards, and I think this would be a great environment to learn how a well rounded graphic design company tackles extremely different briefs for extremely different clients.

K&I - Cape Town South Africa

 

 K & I is another South African Studio based in Cape town, it was founded by husband and wife Karl J Mynhardt and Ida V Mynhardt who are studied both in SA and Britain in both Graphic design and Fashion design and have won awards for their work. 

They seem to have a great work ethic and both really enjoy what they do and you can tell that in their work, I think it would be a great environment to learn, and the work they produce it really innovative and interesting and they get a large amount of clients which cover many different sectors. I really like the look of this studio.

BurnEverything - Liverpool 

BurnEverything is a great British design studio based in Liverpool, even though Liverpool isn't my number one desired place to end up I really do love the work they produce and the methods they use to approach their wide range of briefs. They have a fantastic brand and identity portfolio and the products and packaging they have produced for some clients is really innovative, unique and exciting, so it would be great to go see how these guys work.

Pearlfisher - London

This seems to be quite a successful studio, when looking at their successful identities and packaging they have produced, it seems they have worked with some huge global companies and successfully produced products that are in popular use in the industry. Therefore this studio attracts me to both their interesting range of brands they have created as well as their all in one approach to design, tackling as many areas of a project as they can to keep each project integral to their company.

I Want - London

I wanted to find a studio which did everything under one roof, while also visually appealing to the style of design I am interested in I Want is a multidisciplinary studio that works on projects from branding through to website and fashion design, They produce some really interesting work over all media and seem to work really hard on conceptual development of each brief and don't just design products that you would expect.

8 Creative methods of contacting desired studios

- 'Shake My hand' - Design a hand shaped percussion shaker and the packaging to accompany it, send as a small package with creative cv written on outside of box - This explains who I am and what I have to offer, as well as implying that even though I am not their I would still want to 'Shake hands' which is an important interview tactic. 

- Send a gift bag, which would include a retail style paper shopping bag with my branding on with a t-shirt or some other piece of clothing inside with my Cv written on it.

- Create a series of logos, each one highlighting a specific skill or strength i obtain. This idea would be purely visual with no written content, which may be quite difficult to give a good level of communication.

- Passport CV - personalised passport style cv, with each destination stamp containing information about myself and my practice.

- 'I'll Make the Tea' -  I would create my own branded box of tea, with each tea back containing a skill or strength printed onto it. This idea would specifically aimed towards non UK studios as it shows both my English heritage and my willingness to start at the bottom and learn

- Sponge in a box - create packaging that would hold both a sponge and a bottle of water. you would open the box to find the sponge with 'My Brain' printed onto it, it is accompanied with a bottle of water which will say ' what you have to teach me'. The concept being that I am saying my brain is a sponge and I am willing to learn and grow with your studio.

- Dot to Dot CV - a publication which is made up of both written and visual information, the written information would be printed directly onto each page, but the visual elements would have to be completed in the form of a dot to dot.

- Photography book where the photos contain my strengths and skills. instead of writing my cv on a piece of paper, I could write it in different ways, in different environments and photograph it, so the book itself is just a series of photographs but it will be structured in such a way that each photo highlights a skill / strength.