Hugh Van de Lande shares his DPS experiences so far from graphic design, wayfinding to mural painting and more.
At the end of the final term of 2nd year I went straight into a months placement at a company called Holmes Wood in London, who are a leading design company specialising in wayfinding and graphic design, and have worked with large clients such as the V&A, Easy Jet, the Imperial War Museum and many others. I first made the connection with Holmes Wood in the Easter holidays earlier in the year where I spent a week doing some work experience…
Sarah Butler, BA (Hons) Illustration & Visual Media and DPS student on getting over getting rejected.
Embarking on what has seemed like a stint of brutal exhibitionism has proved tough over the last few months. Since early June I have found myself at the epicenter of application turmoil, engaged in a draining and nearly entirely one-way correspondence in the hopes of securing a placement. Intern prospects first appearing dense with opportunity have each slowly fallen away to apologetic offerings of “it’s just not the right time” — that is, if a response is given at all. The process has been…
Tom Medlicott racked up a serious number of internship applications before settling in with Brompton Bikes as part of his DPS year. Here he reflects on his experiences so far.
After 126 job applications to 44 cities in 19 countries, 52 rejections, 8 interviews, 5 offers and 1 unsuccessful meeting with a design hero of mine, I had already learned huge amounts about the design industry before even setting foot anywhere near an agency. This was as disheartening as 52 rejections sounds although a number of designers and agencies took time to substantiate their feedback. …
Benedita Souto wastes no time during her DPS year and has sent an insightful review of the Tactical Tech’s Glass Room pop up exhibition.
Benedita Souto wastes no time during her DPS year and has sent an insightful review of the Tactical Tech’s Glass Room pop up exhibition.
During my DPS year, I have tried to attend as many different exhibitions and cultural events as I can. One of the best ones I’ve attended so far was the Glass Room, in Charing Cross Road. …
Tabriaz Waheed our DPS Cinema4D wizard talks about his experiences broadening his motion graphics experience
My main goal for my DPS was to explore different area of motion graphics. I was struggling to find a placement at the start. My first placement was at Penguin Books and my role was to help out with the book fair in Frankfurt by sticking spreads in dummy pages. It was good experience to see how publishing and the process work and the creative art director was very interested in my CGI and Cinema 4D work. …
Lauryn Raymond, our DPS student in New York reflects on her experiences for far this year.
When moving to another country it’s more than just getting to know another city it’s learning about the culture and building your network again from scratch. From friends to work colleges, I have just moved from London to New York to embark on a new adventure working at Vault 49. Moving to and working in a new place can be very alienating from the off set but you need to have a brave mentality to embrace this feeling, living and learning in a completely…
Elisa Czerwenka has upped sticks at the start of her DPS journey. Here she reflects on the idea of home, and what that means to her in this time of transit.
I grew up in a fairly small town called Salzburg in Austria. You might have heard about it because of its beautiful landscape, sound of music clichés or mozart balls (and other desserts, we have way too many good ones). For me however, Salzburg was never more than just this: Home.
Simply put: the place where life happens, the place where my family is, where my friends are, and…
DPS student Toby Bennett talks about the range of possibilities and outcomes following a briefing and visit to F.E. Burman.
Some of the students doing their Diploma in Professional studies are collaborating with the F.E. Burman and GF Smith using Hewlett Packard’s Indigo Press. LCC is going to be getting an Indigo Press meaning this is a great opportunity to show the amazing possibilities it will provide. For the project F.E. Burman is going to be helping with the printing side of things while GF Smith will be providing some of their brand new paper from their Extract project. …
Dominika Gemra, a current DPS student, shares some excellent insights into landing that first creative placement.
After long and fruitful preparation sessions in the last term of 2 year I thought I was prepared for the year to come. Couldn’t be further from the truth. The real work started for me in the summer preparing my portfolio, building my online presence and searching for internships. To manage the applications I created an excel spreadsheet with all the relevant data. I tried to learn from every application sent, but it become extremely hard due to the fact that creative industry can…
Mushroom man Charlie Boyden shares his innovative self promotional project to help secure him an equally innovative placement as part of his DPS journey.
Mycelium
The vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a network of fine white filaments (hyphae).
Over the past two years I have been increasingly interested in materials, in particular the up cycling and repurposing of found materials or objects. Having recently started the Diploma in Professional Studies I had spare time for experimenting and working on projects I had dreamt about for a while, so that’s when I ordered the Mycelium.
My plan was simple…
Diploma in Professional Studies
// Experiential learning through internships & collaborations // http://www.arts.ac.uk/lcc/about-lcc/school-of-design/diploma-in-professional-studies/
