OAP Horror Stars

Federico Chiesa is a Photographer and Retoucher from New York. This is one of my favorite collections that featured washed-up 'OAP' horror movie icons...

Darth Vader - Horror OAP

Freddy Krueger - Horror OAP

The Shining - Horror OAP

Michael Myers - Horror OAP

Jason Voorhees - Horror OAP


Is University Really Worth It?

It’s a question that plagues young designers around the world, but since the rise in tuition fees here in the UK it’s something I’ve been thinking about more and more. I myself was one of the last few years of students to get the cheaper tuition fees of around £3,500 per year; when you look at it that seems a bit of a bargain. Or is it? 

Is University Really Worth It?


I was not new to the world of design when I came to university, I had worked in-house for a national gym franchise as well as working as a part-time freelancer for a couple of years, and as a result I was very shocked by the way in which universities see ‘the real world’.

One would expect to go to university to learn all about the world of design and be prepared for the industry that you’re set to earn you living from, this however, is simply not the case. I spent a lot of my time there frustrated at what I was being ‘taught’ and the fact that if I were to even mention the words ‘corporate’ or ‘industry’ I would be looked at with a stare that said “Are you having a laugh? You don’t get to be a designer by actually preparing for a career in it!”
Time after time we would be tasked with briefs that to me seemed more like something taken from a fine art course than a course based around the art of design, briefs such as ‘Boredom’. Yes that was the whole brief, one word. One word which we were then to let our minds wander and create anything we wanted as long as we could roughly, through a long winded bullsh*t answer, relate back to that one word. Now, as someone who had worked in the industry before, and does again so now, I have never come across anything like that and I doubt I ever will. We work to briefs, we get told what a client wants, and we use our skills and knowledge base to best satisfy their needs. This happened, a lot.

It became clear to me that what was being created was a class full of free thinking artists that would dream up elaborate concepts with no regard to practicality, time, or cost implications. For someone who had come straight from lower education to university to be taught this I feel is endangering their chance to work in the industry, after all you don’t just become the new Sagmeister overnight.

I ended up leaving university midway through my final year, as I was so fed up of this idea of what design education was, and set up www.mark-sims.co.uk to work as a freelance designer again. Whilst many people at university may never want to be a freelancer I doubt many have the skills to do it after being taught in the manner they are at university. They would simply not turn over enough work to make it sustainable; I feel this would also be true for working at an agency.
This is obviously just one man’s point of view, who studied at one university, and it may be a lot different for many others out there. A lot of people will have studied at university and learned a whole host of skills they now rely on as an employee of the design industry but from my experience I imagine these people are in the minority. Now I’m not saying everything about university was bad, because it isn’t. The main benefit for me was that it gave me time to get perspective and mature enough to know this is what I wanted to do for a living, as well as the added bonus of meeting lots of new contacts who can come in useful from time to time. Had I tried to set up as self-employed before coming to university I would have failed miserably.
So, is university worth it? It’s a bit vague really, from the perspective of someone looking just to get a qualification and learn new skills for the world of design employment? Probably not. Just go and get some experience somewhere; you will learn far more and your portfolio will speak more for you than a degree ever will.
If however, you are looking to simply have a bit of time to think things over whilst still being in a creative environment then yes, university is a great option. Even through the frustration of my 2 and a half years I still had a great time and met some great people.    

If you are thinking of a career in the design industry and are thinking about university, really think about what you want to get out of it and do your research on the course you’re looking at. Find out from past students what it is ACTUALLY like, not what the course tutors tell you it’s like.

Play Logotype


Design by Vasilis Magoulas aka VAMADESIGN.
For more photos of the "PLAY" project visit his Website.

Simple Lego Ads by Jung Von Matt

Very simple but creative posters featuring favorite cartoons like The Simpsons, Bert & Ernie, South Park The Smurfs and more...


Simple Lego Ads by Jung Von Matt - Bert and Ernie

Simple Lego Ads by Jung Von Matt - lucky luke and the daltons

Simple Lego Ads by Jung Von Matt - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Simple Lego Ads by Jung Von Matt - Donald Duck

Simple Lego Ads by Jung Von Matt - The Smurfs

Simple Lego Ads by Jung Von Matt - The Simpsons

Simple Lego Ads by Jung Von Matt - South Park

Simple Lego Ads by Jung Von Matt - Astrix

Tom Emil Olsen - Stranda Ski Resort - Visual identity

Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords

Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords
"When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username and password.Bassett, a New York City statistician, had just finished answering a few character questions when the interviewer turned to her computer to search for his Facebook page. But she couldn’t see his private profile. She turned back and asked him to hand over his login information.

Bassett refused and withdrew his application, saying he didn’t want to work for a company that would seek such personal information. But as the job market steadily improves, other job candidates are confronting the same question from prospective employers, and some of them cannot afford to say no"

Can't believe this is true, would you hand your Facebook password over?

Sebastian Gram - Arkigram - Brand Identity

Sebastian Gram is from Aarhus, Denmark and has some stunning branding work in his Behance profile done for arkigram

Sebastian Gram - Arkigram - Brand Identity

Sebastian Gram - Arkigram - Brand Identity

Sebastian Gram - Arkigram - Brand Identity

Sebastian Gram - Arkigram - Brand Identity

Arkigram - Brand Identity on the Behance Network

DXTR - Various Illustrations 2011

Virtual Sistine Chapel

Probably not as breathtaking as visiting in real life but still an amazing way to look at the beauty that is the Sistine Chapel...

There are six arched windows on each of the two main walls of the Sistine Chapel, along with a barrel-vaulted ceiling. In spite of its unattractive exterior, the ceiling and walls of the chapel are adorned by frescoes painted by numerous Florentine Renaissance masters.


The frescoes on the side walls of the chapel were painted from 1481 to 1483. On the north wall are six frescoes depicting events from the life of Christ as painted by Perugino, Pinturicchio, Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, and Cosimo Rosselli. On the south wall are six other frescoes depicting events from the life of Moses by Perugino, Pinturicchio, Botticelli, Domenico and Benedetto Ghirlandaio, Rosselli, Luca Signorelli, and Bartolomeo della Gatta.


Above these works, smaller frescoes between the windows depict various popes. For great ceremonial occasions, the lowest portions of the side walls were covered with a series of tapestries depicting events from the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. Raphael designed and woven these in Brussels between 1515-19.


 
Virtual Sistine Chapel

Virtual Sistine Chapel

Intro free font

Michael Molloy ILLUSTRATIONS 2011-2012

Sci-Fi film alphabet Quiz

Sci-Fi film alphabet Quiz

The Next Generation - Vasilis Magoulas aka VAMADESIGN

Funny piece of work from Vasilis Magoulas aka VAMADESIGN, if you're the correct age to understand 😂

The Next Generation - Vasilis Magoulas aka VAMADESIGN

Horror film alphabet quiz

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