The standard of any practical, production-based education at the moment is shocking. We have a hell of a time finding any young designers to hire who actually know how to choose paper, or artwork a file.

I know it sounds a bit ‘old man shouts at cloud’, but it’s really getting to be a problem. Glasgow School of Art especially – they don’t teach anything practical. It’s four years of creative expression but not a thing about how to put ink on paper.

I’ve started recommending to our work experience kids that they try to get a job in the repro department of a printers after graduating, so that they can learn some practical skills before they try to get a creative position anywhere.

Yup. I think all designers should have to do a year at a printers. It'd massively raise the standard.

Of course, the good side of this (for us oldies) is that print designers are getting rare. And commanding a decent day rate.

EDIT: @Liv. Honestly mate, do not get me started on the filing issue. It wouldn't be so bad if they were at leats consistent in their weird structuring. But it seems like they make it up as they do each job. One job has linked files in 'Links', another in 'Supplied', another in various folders scattered across 3 servers AND THEIR LAPTOP DESKTOP / DOWNLOAD FOLDER AARRGGHHH

"I'm looking for a missing linked file, it says it's on your desktop and is called
DEEZNUTZ_FINAL 03.tiff"

I'm quite bad for that, but then my PS files aren't particularly complex.

Yeah sod that.
At the very least group up related stuff.

You are the devil.

Do them extra bendy to position yourself as exclusively catering to the very specific needs of 52% of the market

Needs more boobs.

*googles shape tool weighted wiggle physics*

That's spot on mate. My very close mate (like brothers for over 10 years) is an editor and he said the same in regards to the early cuts.
I agree. Plan is to do an updated version around June time, tidy up that end and add some more worthy content. I just wanted to get something out there.

Cheers for the feedback.

Just watched McQueen on Netflix.
Never been fully into fashion but always found his work intriguing.
Fashion was his application but I wouldn't put him with clothes designers, he fits better with the concepts and ideals of the modern art era that ran concurrently with his career.
In terms of origin and work he shared the ethos of the likes of the Chapman brothers, Hurst or Emin. Not so much about grand expenditure or personal application but finding the idea and appreciating those that can bring that vision to life.

Further on the same theme he was daring, political, sexual, violent and fun.
An embodiment of the 90s, an era I feel blessed to have grown up in that had a mindset that I very much miss.

He was good in The Great Escape.

Go on, get on with it.

Just search for ‘squiggly bits’.

My man needs a 3D scanner to generate a point cloud of the room you can then convert to a mesh in a 3D modelling package.

Even that would take at least a day and at the end if it you still wouldn't have any material finishes defined!