Glug Event 4th May

I attended another glut event on the 4th of may as i have been enjoying being active in the community of design and i find that it is a good way of making contacts with designers within the industry.

Whilst at this event and got talking to John from Kilogramme and was able to show him some of the work i have been making and he gave me his business card to send over more of my work and this is a clear example of how attending these events can break the ice and make connections. He also told me about some of the work he was working on and showed me some new pieces which is good for me keeping up to date on what people within the industry are working on.


There were 3 talks on at this event as well which i found very interesting.

Callum Peters is a UX Designer for BBC Children’s, working across responsive web, games and interactive experiences.After graduating with a Graphic Design degree, he worked agency-side as an interaction designer and in 2013 joined BBC User Experience & Design.Working on BBC iWonder, Callum helped to create a new way to discover amazing factual content, and co-lead the design of the BBC Bitesize App which supports children and adults with their education. In Children’s, he is helping to shape the next generation of experiences for the BBC’s younger audience.He is exploring what conversational UI can offer and is curious about the future of automotive UX. He is passionate about creating opportunities to bring young talent through, both at the BBC and through his role as a youth work volunteer.

Designing for children at the BBC 

Callum from the BBC was the first to talk. He explained that he has work for BBC for 3 years and that he has been working on website and games design for the BBC for children.
 I found his talk very interesting and inspiring as he was discussing how when considering an audience for your work it is important to actually try and gather feedback from them as it can be inspiring and make you approach and view your own outlook in a different way.
He went on to explain how when they were designing games for children that using the children's imaginative drawings for their ideas of characters gave a better and more appropriate to the audience form of inspiration to create the characters from. This is a good example of how as a designer you can not expect to know everything even the audience you are creating the work for and doing research and gathering information and recourses for an accurate and appropriate way of reaching out to the audience is a really good way to break these creative boundaries.
He explained that he was working on a game for the bitesize app on re designing subtitles in the game and approach a school for deaf children in lancaster to see how they interacted with and viewed the subtitles. He called tho eco creation.
I thought that this is a really important thing to consider my self as i would like to continue with my growth with regards to my creative idea development on my work and seeing things from another persons point of view is always a great way to look at things in new ways.


The next talk was by a freelance designer Jane Bowyer - Designer & Illustrator working at islington mill.

She spoke about how working on personal projects is important for self development and fuelling passion for work which is defiantly something i will do especially now that i am on the verge of finishing my degree as my major project was incredibly and enjoyable for me and important i think in my finding of self as a designer as it was something i was passionate about and so a delved into new areas of style and design and skills and i think it was a very rewarding and important part of my development as a designer, so i agree with her ideas on this.
She explained how as a freelancer it can become lonely and un inspiring by working as a freelancer as you are not able to have the option to communicate with other designers as much and said that it is important to stay active with other creatives still, even if its just meeting up for lunch to still have that creative flow and communication with other which could inspire ideas for work.

She said that perfection is a monster that is never full and is scared to fail and will not take risks. This is something i should consider with my self as well as taking risks is how to grow and expand.
She said that passion isn't scared of failure and drives the creator forwards and will push the work approach to new limits.
I liked how she was talking about love of work and evolving forward doing things you like as feel like i have found a big appreciation in my self and my work whilst studying this courses and feel that i have more respect for myself to not just take whatever comes my way but to grow as a designer doing what i love and i am passionate about. I also have more confidence about pulling my weight within the industry because of this.


She also spoke about amen in print which is personal project she explained she had been working on and getting other female designers involved with as she was passionate about addressing the social issues of women in society and celebrating women as artists and representing them more.

I found this and the way she spoke about it very inspiring and will start my own personal projects my self and expand my own passion for work.