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Penny wanted to stress to us the importance of the own personal inspirations we already have, and then how we can build on these ideas and bring them into our designing personality more. Because if you're designing something that you are genuinely interested in and want to make a difference in, the work is going to reflect yourself more and you'll enjoy doing it!
She discussed her daily doses of inspirations in the form of blogging websites, social media, etc and a lot of them I could already relate with. I am familiar with TED Talks and occasionally ones that catch my attention. I checked out a couple of the blog-styled sites she linked and have actually ended up joining 'Medium' and 'AnOther', - both featuring varying posts that I have filtered to design, art, creativity and inspirations.
This adds to the blogging sites I already like to keep up with, my two favourites being It's Nice That and Collate. Posts here feature more brand identity redesign projects and other design related articles which are filled with rich, new styles that I like to try and let influence my experimentation in the studio.
But its not just these sites which inspire me, I regularly scroll through feeds on Pinterest, Behance and Designspiration when initially researching ideas for new projects. It sets a standard for me before I start working and inspires me to keep practising to get my final outcomes as good as the work on the sites.
A recent post which I thoroughly enjoyed becoming familiar with involved work by Rosie Lee and his incredible identity and store design for 'Stride', Moscow’s latest specialist running store. The store is an engaging, high level destination for runners of all abilities and the brand identity reflects that throughout the whole shop and medias. (link on picture)
But with the task of listing my personal inspirations, I feel these have developed massively since being in Leeds, as have I so I wanted to reconsider...
This adds to the blogging sites I already like to keep up with, my two favourites being It's Nice That and Collate. Posts here feature more brand identity redesign projects and other design related articles which are filled with rich, new styles that I like to try and let influence my experimentation in the studio.
But its not just these sites which inspire me, I regularly scroll through feeds on Pinterest, Behance and Designspiration when initially researching ideas for new projects. It sets a standard for me before I start working and inspires me to keep practising to get my final outcomes as good as the work on the sites.
A recent post which I thoroughly enjoyed becoming familiar with involved work by Rosie Lee and his incredible identity and store design for 'Stride', Moscow’s latest specialist running store. The store is an engaging, high level destination for runners of all abilities and the brand identity reflects that throughout the whole shop and medias. (link on picture)
But with the task of listing my personal inspirations, I feel these have developed massively since being in Leeds, as have I so I wanted to reconsider...
If not the largest influence on me since I have been here has been spending time in the studio, and also out of the studio, with the boys. This being the first time in my life that all my immediate friends in Leeds are designers like myself; and enjoy discussing design, visiting shops and exhibitions, etc as much as myself. This constant mindset is what has made me realise how I am to develop into the industry and inspired me even more to keep progressing. This has lead onto us properly exploring what Leeds has got to offer in relation to design and creativity. For example trips to Colours May Vary and The Village Bookshop in the Corn Exchange have let me properly flick through professional design books/magazines/catalogues and get to know the culture and industry in Leeds more.
^ One of my favourite magazine issues from DeIllusion Magazine
A big passion of mine is music and a genre I have been obsessed with the past couple of years is techno/tech house. Its led me to many festivals and raves and sparked a real hobby of actually djing in my spare time - at parties, etc. I've realised how all of these events involve a lot of marketing and branding and these experiences have definitely enhanced my love for design and communication, making me consider how I could drive this passion into my work and get links and design experience out of it. It was through finding out a friends older sister was behind all the promotional material for my local rave that opened my eyes to the diverse industries are available to become involved in.
Another industry which has definitely encouraged my love for aesthetics and design is Skateboarding. I used to skate avidly a couple of years ago but during A Levels lost the time. Now I am up in such a culturally enriched city like Leeds getting back into contact with Skateboarding is something I am now starting to do to provide me with as many doors in the industry as possible. Everything from the graphics on the decks to the editorial magazines and websites have always inspired me so much growing up, so I certainly want to re-experiment with my developing modern style.
^ One of my favourite skate magazines that I used to collect when I was younger.
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