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marcs ist process

Pressed for time and with no access to the laser cutter I used for the first round of cards, I used the outline to carve a lino stamp. I did it backwards on the first go, but luckily I had someone check my work before I started carving. I didn’t think it would be so difficult to do the stamping, but it took a lot of practice. I wish I had taken my mom up when she offered to teach me printing. The more you know, the better you process.

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Floatplanes on deck from few weeks back. I was in the field working on a Protective Gear research project. While most of the photos I took were inside and around the plane, or in the terminal, I didn’t let this one escape me.

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Forking around with the blue foam.

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Post-It Notes

When you wanna do process but your notes aren’t sticky.

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Taking things apart today. #generalelectric #kpudesign #explodedview (at Chip & Shannon Wilson School of Design)

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3630 w1

the first in a series of posts prompted by DEPD 3630 - Industry Experience at Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Studio Interviews

After reading some Core77 Studio Visit & Questionnaire  posts I’ve made some notes about operations, management their tools, and how they’re used in various studios. I also give a few examples of questions I hope are worthwhile, challenging and understandable. I love asking questions and usually have more than what is deemed socially acceptable, and so I distilled a few critical thinking tinctures, but be warned some questions can be hit-or-miss and you must be ready to elaborate and open to all sorts of answers.

Observe:

Designers who run studios have a clear understanding of their proficiencies and processes. They struggle with time management, keeping procrastination positive and the changing world. They are excited about what the ‘real digital age’ holds, or the redefinition of the NEW middle market. They are realistic about design as their business, citing goals of staying functional as a studio, or providing good design a good price. 

Inquire;

How do you overcome challenges?

How might a project flow through your studio?

What's the key to your day to day success?

What moves you?

Getting Hired

Questions I might ask a potential employer;

How will this role help me to achieve my goals?

What’s something I can expect every day?

How do you define failure in this role?

What kind of studio would I want to work for?

An environment where ideas flow openly, where the best idea prevails, where individuals are free to work in their own way, where there are multiple venues for collaboration. I’d want to work in a studio that has a greater vision of themselves, that wants to do big work, or playful work, or fun work. A studio that attracts all sorts of crazy propositions and takes on the most ambitious. A place that gets ideas out there.