Design by Day

For one of my portfolio visits I went to a place named Design by Day after I seen one of there pieces moving visuals for the property delevoper's 25th birthday celebrations. The brief was to create exciting, dynamic visuals that show an alternate slant on some of their most outstanding developments and I think the actual piece is very dynamic and really suits the rhythm of the music. The company works in print, Web an Moving Image. They are a Manchester based design studio but only just recently got into moving image. There are two in all Angela and louise who is the one more graphics and print orientated while the other Angela is more moving image based using after effects mainly. Both were really nice and confident and both were able to spend there time with us which was really nice to have too seperate inputs.

During the visit I was able to show them most of my work and there feed back was positive and they also had some advice on how it could be improved. They liked my experimental rythm piece and liked the idea of using it in maybe an installation. They also enjoyed the experience of seeing moving image as they said most visits are graphics based

They went on to discuss and show us there own work and some very early university work which was really nice too see how they had developed from a lower standard like us to a profesional level they are at. It was interesting to hear they did a job for an music artist who needed some visuals, the piece itself was very quirky and fun that had a very 2 and a half D look. It was the way that instead of being paid from the client they where offered an opptunity to ask him for a piece of music made for there work. I think this shows a good community between designers and the ability to use your skills for more than just the payment.

Dinnertime from Design By Day on Vimeo.

In all the visit was very interesting and great of them to take time out to see us. Although there wasnt as much input on my work as I would have wanted but I think this was down to me having to many to show, I really liked the way they talked about there own work and working with other people. They talked about how they began there careers working for companys which they said was important for creating contacts and developing there skills.