Generation Press

Before summer I prearranged with Anand from Generation Press a studio visit. I emailed him to confirm dates, but unfortunately it turns out it's a very busy month for them and they simply didn't have the time for me to come down. Instead we agreed for me to visit during reading week in October, I hope this is possible and will email him again closer to the time.

Come Find Us

John from Woolgather art collective arranged for us to have a stall at Come Find Us, which was an art and design based street party held at Melbourne street studios. This got us talking to even more creative contacts and again broadened our audience and InPress' exposure.

Unity Day

Thanks to Rebecca from marketing we managed to secure a stall at unity day. It was a lot of fun until it started to rain and we had to pack up early. The space for the stall ended up costing us £25 and unfortunately we didn't end up making our money back, but we were involved with something different and got our name to a new audience nonetheless. I was really happy with how the stall looked, and Nathan (a freelance artist who we met through Woolgather art collective at the end of year shows) kindly made us a spray painted InPress sign. We also sold some of Alex's work, a freelance artist that we met at inc. workshop, and got to know him better.

Factory4/ inc. workshop

After the success of the InPress shop at the end of year graduate shows, we managed to secure some more events for the summer. Unfortunately however we came across a problem- the printing facilities at college were closed for the summer. So me and Francesca managed to get a joint year membership at the screen printing studio, Factory4, now known as inc. workshop. We felt that it was important to do more printing, to keep the design work produced by InPress new and fresh. It was a really good working environment, and we got talking to some really interesting freelance artists and designers, that we have kept in contact with.

 

Tealby

After a long hard year of Graphic Design, me and Char decided to go down to Brighton and have a good time. From there we went straight to Tealby, where Chars family live. It was really nice to just clear our heads and prepare for a research filled summer and a long hard third year.

Museum visits

While I was in London I decided to make the most of my time and visit some museums. I went to the Natural History and Science museums with Charlotte and Francesca. The Natural History Museum was really fun and I always love going, although it wasn't directly relevant to my design practice, I enjoyed going somewhere educational just for personal interest.

The Science Museum, however related more to my dissertation research. There was a whole section dedicated to sustainability and the environment, and I managed to get some great primary research.

D&AD New Blood

Me, Francesca and Charlotte travelled down to London to check out this years D&AD new blood. Despite the ridiculous heat and cramped conditions, it was really great to see this years graduate work and gave me a level to aspire to. I also managed to collect a few business cards of students I liked the work of, so that I can have a look at their work in more depth later on. Over all it was a good day.