Portfolio pick up

Come and pick your portfolio's up from the lab at three today:) They will be in the corner where the tablet normally is. I will have the responses from the judges and feedback on from our business guru by Tuesday. I get to play recorder of critique notes this time around...hope I can keep up with comments flying. Good luck!

Critique on Thursday

Critique on Thursday. You must drop off your box and job folder at 12:15 the start of class in the DMS lab or drop it off in my office before class.

Here are the items you must have
BOX
1. Resume
2. Cover letter on stationary (on letterhead)
3. Business Card
4. Envelope
5. Look Book / Catalog
6. Take Away
7. Thank you / Envelope (please write in)
8. Disc / Hard drive with portfolio on it

JOB FOLDER
LEFT HAND SIDE
1. Business Plan (please have stapled)

RIGHT HAND SIDE (number one on the bottom)
1. LinkedIn Screen Shot (printed on 8.5x11)
2. Behance Screen Shot (printed)
3. Website Screen Shot (printed)
4. Issuu Screen Shot (printed)
5. 7 forms / transformed to fit your brand

-I will be checking to make sure that these online items are complete and have up to date information and are fully filled out. Remember that our committee of designers will be assigning grade numbers and these will be averaged. Business plans will be assessed for completeness. Large grade guys - month worth of work...make sure that you do it the justice that it deserves. You can do this!

Tuesday Work Day

Have roughs of all your items for Monday - this especially includes your box and take away. You need to dummy out how this is all going to fit together into a full package. Remember you are only one week away from critique so use Tuesday's work day wisely! See you then!

Thursday, Feb. 21

Thursday - please remember that we will have a guest speaker at 1 pm. Please have one to two questions prepared concerning working creatively with an illustrator and production of a book. If the conversation gets light we will round robin style with questions being asked around the room so be prepared. Also we are nearing one week mark of critique. Please be mindful of this. Print out roughs so you can see mocks of how things work and don't forget to get your ugly forms file to redesign off the instructor computer in the lab. All these will need to be present at your critique next week. Besides our guest speaker Thursday will be a true work day in the lab. Please bring everything you need to make a dent in your list of items. See you then!

Monday, Feb. 18th

For Monday, have a printed out catalog of your portfolio. Please have a working website by Monday. This can be a functional template that matches the feel of your business (aka wordpress, blogger, tumbler not behance). This means that you need to have your bio / content / work uploaded into the template and must be functional. You should also have another rough of your stationary set / be able to choose from at least two alternative designs. Keep working out your take away and rough out your holder / package that all this is going to go into. I have your business plans for those of you that turned them in with edits in my office door. You can pick them up whenever you have a chance. Keep pushing through guys! Remember this isn't just for any old client it's for you! Next week, we are onto business forms, externals and revisions.  

For those of you wanting to attend Dish conference early bird deadline ends today (Friday) so sign up today! Also we will be having our AIGA meeting at 5:30 on Monday night so that the DMS seminar students can come and so we will have use of the lab. Don't forget have a lot to talk about with the upcoming linotype workshop.

No Class on Tuesday

Hi guys,

Please continue working on your portfolios...have a rough of your catalog portfolio for Thursday's class. Please have your stationary package (thank yous / business cards / envelopes / letterheads) done for Thursday. Please have your business plan in a designed format and worked out with a resume. Be working on your take away and your designed resume to accompany your package. If you have any questions please feel free to email me I will be checking in. To those of you down for the count with this sickness feel better asap and plenty of fluids. Hopefully everyone will be on the mend by Thursday. See you then!