Last week collage artists and graphic designers, Dr Me came to talk to us in the studio. Although collage isn't really an element of my practice I still found the talk really interesting and useful in terms of some of the things we've been discussing in PPP.
We've briefly touched upon contacting practitioners/agencies that we're interested in/inspired by and Dr Me had a couple of really good tips on the subject.
One of the main points they made was to not be afraid to ask. Both of them managed to go work with a designer that they looked up to simply by having the confidence to ask, something which I lack slightly. Through just asking to work with this designer, they got to go to New York and spend a couple of weeks working with him and through this have managed to maintain contact with him, relating back to another point they made about keeping relationships with people as often it can lead to work opportunities and new clients.
They also mentioned that in terms of finding work/clients, they had a very DIY approach. I can't remember exactly what it was that they did but I remember them saying that when approaching potential clients, rather than sending emails out they took on a DIY, handmade, collaborative approach rather than the standard boring email. This is something we've also talked about within PPP in terms of how important it is to grab someones attention and how emails aren't necessarily the best way to go about doing this as a lot of the time people will either ignore them and not bother to read what it is that you have to say.
I should have really made more detailed notes but long story short I think these guys were really interesting and had a lot to say about making yourself stand out and bringing work in.
Top Tips from Dr Me:
. Collaborate
. Make Good Shit
. Go See Shit
. Just Ask
. Just Be You
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