Unit Briefing - Locating.

This week we are starting our new brief, and for the first time I will be creating my own brief, which I am looking forward as I will get to choose my subject area. However, I am also scared of not being pushed enough, or having preconcieved ideas about my brief.

I know that I want to specialise in print, and as I want to work in Surface Design when I graduate, for this project I would like to continue down this pathway, and enable myself to create a portfolio of work catered towards the same market as companies such as Paperchase, Tigeprint and Harlequin.

I have always loved looking at the natural environment, and as I haven't had the chance to do this much since starting uni, I feel like now is the time to focus on this subject area. After learning how to push myself and try new tecniques, I am keen to see how I can apply this to the subject matter I love working with, nature.

Within the brief of nature, the concept of 'Order and Chaos' automatically fitted in perfectly, as nature is such an ordered yet chaotic medium, and the more you investigate it, the more apparent it is. For example, tree rings and honey combe are two examples that are incredibly ordered.

During this breif there is the chance to do a live brief along side our main brief. At the moment I am considering entering the Tigerprint competition but I am aprehensive as the brief for that is Typography which I have never done before. I am also drawn to the Humpties Brief and the Bradford Textiles Society brief, so I might enter these based on the work I am doing in the brief I am writing myself.

A large part of this project is also about trying to make contacts, network and find a placement. I have already emailed a lot of companies, but so far nothing has come back that is achievable (for example, they are based in locations that I cant stay in, or are for year long placements). I am therefore going to try and push myself to undated my CV, create a Linkedin profile, and network more to gain contacts with the outside world. I feel that completing a live brief will also enable me to gain a greater understanding of the world past university.