Little gift for finishing uni. Thanks Daisy!! x
29.5.10
27.5.10
IT'S OVER
So two major parts of my life are over...
1: Design for Moving Image, BA.
Had my final presentation yesterday, which my the last of my assessed work. It feels like I've been at Ravensbourne for so long! (I have) Most of my projects in the final year went really well, with the exemption of the final branding one which I'm pretty sure went tits up. But looking back over the degree, I've learnt a great deal and my design skills have vastly improved. I guess my strategy for the moment is to continue working on stuff for the degree show on the 10th, such as DVD, showreel, printed material because the show, for me, is the end of Ravensbourne proper. There's an odd sense of finality graduating this year, seeing as the Ravensbourne building is being demolished in a few months. The new building will be more local to me than the current one, and I will know people studying there so I will definitely be visiting in the future. I'm also getting on interviews at the moment....there's several companies I'd really like to work for and I'm rushing to get all my work and showreel finished, compressed, uploaded to website, vimeo etc so I can apply. If you're reading this and work in design, invite me into the office please! I'm confident about the future though...degree's dusted, the Sun has been shining, got a great summer lined up...everything's positive.
2: Lost
The end of this incredible, epic journey finally came on Monday with an emotional 2-hour episode. I've watched the show from the very first episode in 2004, I even remember the bizarre teaser promos of the characters ballroom dancing around the blazing wreckage of a plane crash. For me, it's been one of the most engaging, mind-bending and challenging programmes I've ever seen. I watched all of the Sopranos, the Wire, the X-Files and nothing has took me in and not let me go as much as Lost did. I never really understood why it got so much stick from critics, who doesn't love a good cliffhanger or twist in a story? In Lost, we got one every episode! Who cares if stuff doesn't fully explained or every mystery isn't revealed, it enables the viewer to use their imagination to fill in the gaps, create their own story. I guess for many viewers the Island and all it's enigmatic qualities was the biggest character, and although many long standing plot holes were not resolved, for me it's somewhat irrelevant. All our characters got their resolution in 'The End', and I thought the series was brought to a satisfying close. It was a breathlessly exciting finale with action and drama, yet the final reunions and realizations of the characters were dealt with masterfully. My girlfriend was in tears the entire duration and I wasn't far off it. All the mystery and mythology aside, it's a testament to the writing and acting of this show that millions of people have stuck with a particularly large group of characters through 120 hours of Lost. I'll miss thinking up explanations for Island events and trying to connect loose ends with ever more complicated theories. However, at least now Lost is over I can get on with what I listed in part 1...
1: Design for Moving Image, BA.
Had my final presentation yesterday, which my the last of my assessed work. It feels like I've been at Ravensbourne for so long! (I have) Most of my projects in the final year went really well, with the exemption of the final branding one which I'm pretty sure went tits up. But looking back over the degree, I've learnt a great deal and my design skills have vastly improved. I guess my strategy for the moment is to continue working on stuff for the degree show on the 10th, such as DVD, showreel, printed material because the show, for me, is the end of Ravensbourne proper. There's an odd sense of finality graduating this year, seeing as the Ravensbourne building is being demolished in a few months. The new building will be more local to me than the current one, and I will know people studying there so I will definitely be visiting in the future. I'm also getting on interviews at the moment....there's several companies I'd really like to work for and I'm rushing to get all my work and showreel finished, compressed, uploaded to website, vimeo etc so I can apply. If you're reading this and work in design, invite me into the office please! I'm confident about the future though...degree's dusted, the Sun has been shining, got a great summer lined up...everything's positive.
2: Lost
The end of this incredible, epic journey finally came on Monday with an emotional 2-hour episode. I've watched the show from the very first episode in 2004, I even remember the bizarre teaser promos of the characters ballroom dancing around the blazing wreckage of a plane crash. For me, it's been one of the most engaging, mind-bending and challenging programmes I've ever seen. I watched all of the Sopranos, the Wire, the X-Files and nothing has took me in and not let me go as much as Lost did. I never really understood why it got so much stick from critics, who doesn't love a good cliffhanger or twist in a story? In Lost, we got one every episode! Who cares if stuff doesn't fully explained or every mystery isn't revealed, it enables the viewer to use their imagination to fill in the gaps, create their own story. I guess for many viewers the Island and all it's enigmatic qualities was the biggest character, and although many long standing plot holes were not resolved, for me it's somewhat irrelevant. All our characters got their resolution in 'The End', and I thought the series was brought to a satisfying close. It was a breathlessly exciting finale with action and drama, yet the final reunions and realizations of the characters were dealt with masterfully. My girlfriend was in tears the entire duration and I wasn't far off it. All the mystery and mythology aside, it's a testament to the writing and acting of this show that millions of people have stuck with a particularly large group of characters through 120 hours of Lost. I'll miss thinking up explanations for Island events and trying to connect loose ends with ever more complicated theories. However, at least now Lost is over I can get on with what I listed in part 1...
21.5.10
16.5.10
OUTSIDE IN - ROUND 2
If you can be about Shoreditch way on the evening of the 20th May, my course are hosting an evening of inspirational talks in order to raise money for our degree show next month. Presentations coming from respected design agencies Superfad, Proud Creative and AKQA, it is only a fiver and ALL funds go to helping us put on our June degree show at the RSA.Please grab a ticket and attend if you can, it'll be a great evening (the last one was ace) and we really need the help!
http://outsidein2010.eventbrite.com/
11.5.10
5.5.10
Shackleton
DESPERATELY needed a break from the militantly long stints of hardcore designing that the last few weeks of a degree requires, so I went out with some friends to see Shackleton DJ. This guy is one of my favorite musicians ever, in my opinion one of the most innovative, groundbreaking yet underrated producers of the last decade. Having followed the progression of his music from early 2005 it's fascinating to see how his uniquely hard to define style has developed. I still find the intricate percussion, off-key beat patterns and atmospherics massively inspiring, very much a similar effect to what Photek's music had on me. Needless to say the set was breathtaking, absolutely brilliant. Several people in the crowd asked me, 'mate, do you know who's playing now?' and I've relished telling them to check out his work. Do the same: here are two facets of the Shackleton sound, the first being (a controversially named!) bit from 2006 on Skull Disco, the second a more recent example of the techno direction he has been persuing on the Perlon label. Seeing him again at the Freerotation festival in July, I'd encourage anyone who likes his sound to try and catch him out whenever you get the chance, as his tracks enter a new dimension when he manipulates it in his live set up. (Ableton Live etc)
2.5.10
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