Last Day at the Office

So, today was my last day....

I've had such a great time on this placement! It's been an all rounded experience... having the excuse to try out living in London for a while, working a 9 - 5 office job, using 'industry professional services' for  sourcing materials; putting my compositional and colour skills to the test, develop an awareness of the systems involved in a publishing house (which I hadn't fully appreciated Global Color was) writing for copy, taking in all that was happening in regards promotion, marketing and forward planning, and of course the best activity in the creative industry - lots of cutting and sticking! 

I can't wait to see the final copy of the shoot in the fully printed magazine, which will be in a couple of months time. In the meantime, I'm happy top say that working with Global Color has reaffirmed my passion for colour and that I realise it is something I have been missing in my own work. The challenge and journey this now offers me is a very exciting one so I'm looking forward to going back home, tidying up my total tip of a studio space and sorting out where I want to take it all next!

Thank you Global Color for a great placement! :) x

Working with Global Color

I have secured a placement with Global Color Research and although I can't upload and images about what I've specifically been up to (due to the nature of their business in trend forecasting and client proposals) I can say that I've been having a great time playing with colour palettes, materials and mood boards! 

Global Color HQ!

Examples of the trend wall at Surface & Design Show this year

It's interesting to see that the colour exercises we were playing around with in first year are really used in industry and I've been introduced to colour systems like NCS to develop palettes for client proposals.

Working mainly with Hannah Malein this past week, I have been helping with proposals for paint manufacturer Pintuco and assisting with trend boards for an Autumn/Winter 2014/15 presentation in Israel.

Here is Hannah talking about Global Color for Interiors UK 2012:



This week I'm helping Sally Davies with a materials trend photo shoot for MIX magazine and was sent along to material-lab yesterday to source some materials for the two trends Blush and Frame. I had a great time! 

Funnily enough, I was going to approach material-lab for some work experience, but I think I actually got the better deal using them as a customer! It's an amazing resource full of all kinds of materials. Going with the purpose of fulfilling a trend/mood-board was great. Being able to rummage through boxes and boxes of soft, hard, tactile and matt. Arranging colours and textures to suit, I could have stayed all day!

My two favourite finds of the day: 

concaved mirror tile

textile sample from danskina

I'm looking forward to the rest of the week, experiencing a live photo shoot, and the editing that is involved in the whole process, it's a completely new arena for me and I love it!