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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…