Month: November 2016

Overall, my whole experience has been better than I expected. I didn’t realize that various designs that I would create would be shown and published on the magazine. I thought I would be doing very little work or maybe focusing on minor details. I am very grateful because my supervisor gave me a lot of freedom to be creative as well as work in various projects. He demonstrated a lot of trust in me and showed me many things I was not aware of, such as shortcuts and how files are packaged properly. This was a great internship, where I got to meet amazing hard-working individuals and I was in a very chill environment. There was a lot of positivity throughout the group and I had a great time conversing with them. I am satisfied with what I learned and all the pieces that I created that I will be able to use in my portfolio piece. What I find really important, is that I made new connections for my network-building. 

One thing that I wish I could accomplish in my internship is networking. I would have love to have met more individuals. Since it is already a small team, and everyone is so busy I barely get to communicate with others. Unfortunately, I haven’t attended any events or even talked to someone that I could consider a role model. Although, my supervisor has taught me a lot, I wish I was able to meet other designers and learn more from them. Furthermore, I am very excited for the opportunity that Haute Living has given me. My supervisor allows me to use all my work and lets me keep the magazines to show future clients and I am super grateful for this great start.

In my internship I have a lot of experiences that I wish to share. There are times where I get started on a project and I have great difficulty trying to figure out what I can do to make this page look fresh and organized. I work really hard paying attention to every element and creating a layout that guides the reader. To establish this, sometimes I get really frustrated because I want it to be the best that I can do. There are times where I am stuck on an article for an hour. But what I have learned, is that sometimes you just got to start and play with your design, don’t commit to anything. Whenever I start feeling at ease and less overwhelmed I get better inspiration and my creativity starts coming naturally. I also sometimes take a breather and walk around the beautifully design workspace to just help clear my mind!

 

In my internship for Haute Living, I am always learning new things. Such as, shortcuts. I learned how to use the keyboard to do things faster and I find it really great when I get to watch my supervisor work or even when he gets to show me how I can design the layout a bit differently so the composition of the magazine flows better. By using these shortcuts and these techniques, I am able to work in such a fast-paced manner and it really refreshes the way I see my designs. For me, the hard part maybe using the elements that keep the whole magazine consistent in a diverse and interesting way. I want all my designs to show an easy guide to read the article, as making people want to stop and look at the page just based on the attraction of its composition. The following attachment has an assignment, that I found really hard which I figured it out with thorough feedback and looking at other magazines for inspiration!