Tuesday 3 March 2009

Murphy's law.......


Jason Murphy, a Level 2 Graphics student at Staffordshire University was among the top 10 winners of a brief set by Hugo Boss to create a poster linking music with the world wide brand.

There is a new brief set every month and winners get their work published. Links to briefs/work etc can be found at:  www.hugocreate.com. Jason's work among the other winners : www.hugocreate.com/en/winnersR4.php.

Kings of Leon T-shirt design competition



I was sent this link by a friend which is basically to design a logo/T-shirt for popular beat combo The Kings of Leon. I hear they are flying high in the hit parade.

Obviously you have too much work to do, but seemingly they offer a cash prize and the winner is selected by the Followill family themselves.

Here's the link if anyone fancies it anyway. Submissions are due in by 22nd March.
P.S. I will expect 25% of any winnings!

http://www.designbyhumans.com/special_contest/details/18

Design Futures mapped out



I was asked to do a talk for the 3rd years recently as part of their 'Design Futures' module. Consequently I put down as much info, advice and discussion points as I could think of based around the challenges design graduates face when leaving education and entering the big bad world of design.

I think there's a lot on there for students to consider and hopefully it might provide some food for thought for not only the 3rd years but for students on the other levels.

When I work out how to upload a PDF I'll post it here.