what were you doing at 19?
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- kezza_20
I was at art school...
what strikes me as interesting with this work, is that it's nice graphic design, but there are no ideas. They are symptomatic of the problems I have recruiting graduates, know photoshop like a fucking god, ask them to come up with a big idea or step away from the computer and they fall apart.
everyone coming through is technically amazing, but they aren't encouraged to think. waves walking stick.
At nineteen I exhibited my art (paintings) at the tate as part of an A level exhibition, and was drinking too much and getting turfed out of home.
really I just jealous and threatened. but I will say, I worked at my last agency with a guy who was the best typesetter in the world in his day (typeset crowels work etc) amazing background... got made redundant because his skills weren't needed. If all you're good at is making a coke bottle look the fucking nuts, you'll get a gig in a design production studio like smoke and mirrors, but you wont be the guy comeing up withe the campaigns.
rant over