Study Task 3 - What Is Industrial Experience?

• What is industrial experience?
• What can you learn from industrial experience?
• What form/format could industrial experience take?
• What areas of industry are you interested in?
• What are your concerns about the industry?

What is industrial experience?
'Real world' graphic design work. The work you produce will be in a live environment with a real client and audience.

Linking to real world graphic design, the work produced will probably/potentially go through actual paid processes such as printing and distribution.

Industrial experience is working with professionals that are paid and are in the industry.

Potentially being paid for work your produce. Supporting yourself and earning a wage.

It's utilising your skills you have learn in a live working environment.

What can you learn from industrial experience?
You can understand how your work compares to other working professionals.

You can understand the processes that occur in the industry.

You can understand how to manage a working relationship with professionals. Learning how to appropriately communicate in the industry. This may be technical jargon about printing to emailing a client.

You can inform your portfolio. Meaning you compare yourself to people who you aspire to be like and try and move in their direction.

You can learn how to manage your business skills; paying tax, invoices and expenses.

What form/format could industrial experience take?
One form industrial experience could take would be studio placements. A few weeks moving around different studios getting a feel for what area of the industry I want to pursue.

Freelance might be an option and way of getting into the industry. If someone contacts you and asked you to do some work for them.

You could be given an actual job; full-time employment on a wage.

It could be attending visiting professionals and or networking with other creatives in the industry.

What areas of industry are you interested in?
Branding and identity. I'm really like the idea of working with retailers and people in consumer industry's that have some service or product to sell.

 

Michael Freimuth

 

BG - Bisgràfic Gallery

Packaging and promotion. Again I really like the idea of selling something. My ambition is to have my own brand.

 

http://www.monroeapparel.co.uk/

 

http://us.shop.rvca.com/w/mens/shirts

I would like to explore print. The physical process of print, using the machines and preparing stock. Foiling and embossing.

 

Akatre

 

Akatre

What are your concerns about the industry?

One concern is that I will find it difficult to get in the industry. Cant be worried about working in the industry until I get into it.

Communicating with working professionals. I really don't know what to expect. I guess everyone is different and no one studio will be the same.

Getting paid and supporting myself. What wage can I expect to start off on? Whats a reasonable amount. Travel costs and accommodation need to be paid some how and there is not going to be student finance forever. 

Not receiving anything useful from studio placements or 'industrial work' what if I turn up and they expect me to do photocopying and making tea.

What if my skills are not sufficient? This is a pretty scary idea of just not knowing what to do. I don't want to feel useless.

Summaries your research in a set of ten short but qualified statements that communicate your understanding, aims and ambitions relating to industrial experience.