MY VISION FOR THE FUTURE

I have written out where i want to be in 5 and 10 years time to give myself motivation to be where i want to be. 

2023

It is November 2023, it 5 years since i was at University in Leeds. I now live in Edinburgh, Scotland with Joe. I work for a design firm as a designer 4 days a week and it pays really well. For my job i also get to go to amazing places with work but I'm always home for the weekend to enjoy my spare time when i paint and do yoga. I have 2 cats and live in a lovely house which we bought in the outskirts of Edinburgh.  Joe works the same hours as me so we have the weekends to do whatever we want and we often drive our van up into the highlands in Scotland. Next year we are going to move back down to Bristol to be nearer our parents and have kids, once the kids are a few months old i am going to start up my own design firm using contacts from my current job in Edinburgh.  This will enable me to move up to a higher salary and support the family.  

2028

Its November 2028 and i now live in Bristol with my family in a big old house with a big garden with my 2 cats and a dog. I get up every morning and walk the dog and take the kids to school. I then go into the studio that i own and employ creatives that i work closely with to create work for big clients and we make a lot of money because our work is cutting edge and very ethically motivated and sustainable and we have become noticed because of that. Our work has won sustainability awards and we have a big following of people that support our ideas. Running my own business i have a lot of freedom to work when i want and we go on regular holidays back up to Scotland and take the kids all over the world.  Having a big following around the business means that we have regular income and we never struggle. Being in Bristol i see my family regularly and they help out with the kids a lot and we spend many weekends with them. 

D&AD WHITE PENCIL AWARDS

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I am currently doing some research into examples of work that i really am passionate about in order to figure out who i am as a creative. I know that i am passionate about sustainable design and design for an important cause. 

The D&AD white pencil is for work that does well by doing good and has the power to promote positive change. Unfortunately it seems that D&AD have scrapped this pencil which is disappointing But the work i found from previous years winners is really inspiring. 

Keegan Greenfield- Chelsea College of Arts
This is a redesign and revival of Moon Type, originally created by William Moon in 1845. The new version is designed alongside a custom Roman script which together form Moon Two, which aims to bridge the gap for children with normal sight and those who are visually impaired, who are often required to choose either visual language or a tactile alternative at the early stages of education. The Better Together campaign showcases Moon Two's legibility for sight impaired children and those who lose their sight in later life, using shape as a structure, over patterns such as Braille.