As a young product designer, competitions are one my favourite ways of keeping current with trends whilst sharpening my skills. Core77, a product design blog and all-round resource site, frequently posts calls for entries into a variety of creative challenges. In the last couple of months, I have put pencil to paper for two of their competitions:
Wavesport Kayaks – Boat Graphics
Nidecker Snowboards – Board Graphics
If I stopped someone in the street and asked them to describe the role of a graphic designer, I’m sure they would give an accurate description. There would be some mention of printing, layout, adverts, typography, logos etc…
However, if I were to ask them to describe the role of a product designer, there would probably be a lot of silence, a bit of head scratching and inevitably an “Oh, you mean packaging design? …”
Army Firepower 2009!
Last month, an email landed in my inbox inviting Realise Design to go along to the Army Firepower Demonstration. The demo was billed as an opportunity to see the entire range of weapon systems used by the British Army firing live at targets within a couple of kilometres of the viewing area.
Of course, we accepted the invitation and went as guests of CESO(A) – the health and safety team. We had worked with them last year to produce an exciting new logo to front their worldwide safety campaigns.
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