Received messages from Mike Carney freelance designer Liverpool

Sent messages to Mike Carney freelance designer Liverpool

Contact reports with Andrew Altmeter design

Contact reports with Florio design

Mike Carney Portfolio visit

I decided to set up a meeting with freelance designer Mike Carney from Mike' Studio to get an idea of how freelance work differs from working in an agency. I first came across Mike while researching agencies in Liverpool, as also wanted to try and find somewhere different than Manchester. I first sent Mike a questionnaire which he answered almost immediately, which can be found in the contact report section of my blog. I went and met him at his studio space in The Royal Standard, where he does the majority of his design work, and we talked for a while about his work and what freelance design entails. Afterwards we moved onto my portfolio which he seemed to like, especially the ideas behind the editorial. Like Andrew Almeter, he also commented on the lack of initial work and said he wanted to see more about how I came up without the ideas. It was a great experience overall and has made me much more interested in working freelance (at least for a while).

New York Visit 2

This was the second of my portfolio visits in New York. I went to an agency called Florio design with a classmate. The studio was small and looked like a really fun place to work. Linda and Tsia were very friendly and gave lots of great ideas towards the improvement of my portfolio. An issue raised about my portfolio was that my work didn't communicate the ideas in a completely effective way, and there was a tendency for to much emphasis on visual based design. The solution would be to include more work which relies on ideas and not aesthetics.

New York Visit 1

This was the first of my visits in New York. After getting the subway to Brooklyn with Jack and Jordan, we found our way to a small cafe where we met with Designer Andrew Almeter. As they didn't really do things the same over with the showing of portfolios, there was some confusion to what was expected, but the atmosphere was great and he gave us some great ways to improve our portfolios. One aspect of my portfolio which could be improved was the inclusion of more sketches and general ideas generation processes. He suggested perhaps producing a small book which shows this to go along-side the portfolio. Overall he seemed to really like my work and it was a great experience for us all.