Recently the class went to Glasgow to attend the lectures by D&AD at Glasgow School of Art. The lectures were very interesting, and also a little daunting. It is drilled into me that my work for the D&AD must be 100% brilliant and 100% original, otherwise they will be going nowhere. The lecture by Matt Jones from Berg was quite inspiring. I like to hear about other designers view of the industry and society. His little rant on sustainable design was also quite interesting. It seemed it is more of a niggling at the back of his mind when he is working. I completely agreed with all that he said on the subject, but perhaps with more of an optimist approach.
Whilst in Glasgow a few of us went to The Lighthouse to see the GSA Communications Interim Show. The show was completely different to ours. I think mainly because most of the students are more Fine Art natured, more illustration based. And their projects are for very different purposes to ours at Grays. All the work is of a very high standard though and was a little intimidating. It was very good to see what others in our area are doing.
The image on the left is a students project that is not dissimilar to mine. They too are focusing what is happening to snow, but instead of a more commercial area such as snow sports like my project, the student is focusing on the effect melting snow has on those who rely on snow to live from. It was nice to see that someone else is tackling the subject of snow, but not in the same area as myself. I am slightly jealous of their illustrations though!
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