Leeds Discovery Centre

On Friday I went to Leeds Discovery Centre. I didn't know what this involved, but my friend sorted it out and booked us in for a tour. After a good roam around town trying to find it, we finally 'discovered' it next to The royal Armouries.

You can find out more about it here.
It is basically a temperature controlled storage space for items not in Leeds's museums and galleries. There is a lot of weird stuff there. I wanted the plastic giant squid that was hanging from the ceiling!

I wish I had known about it before hand. Especially for the collections project last year. You can book time to spend drawing objects in the centre as well!

Another business card post...

tired. but before I forget...

another countdown/up business card list

Porfolio book.

I also really like the idea of a portfolio book. Whether something to have at an exhibition when only a small number of pieces is shown or to slip into my portfolio / keep with me.
I have found a number of nicely designed books that would lend their design well to this purpose:

Portfolio/'self promotion'

I pretty much hate the idea of business cards. For some reason, to me, it seems slightly egotistic to have them never mind give them out. It is like by having them I think I am good enough to have them.

Despite this personal battle, I have noticed a few pretty good ideas for business cards. AND it is something to think about having for the final exhibition.




SpoonGraphics have written a tutorial on creating a business card ready for print.

Fubiz
did a blog post entitles "70 Amazing Business Cards" There were so many great concepts, here are some of my faves:











I love the great shapes and the peel back cards, but I know that these would be expensive to create. I also love the scratch off surface, I have long been a bit into scratch off stickers and these would be much easier to create and put onto a cheaply produced card to make it more interesting and interactive.

The Selby

The Selby is a sort of photo blog that snoops inside the homes of the famous/trashy/talented. And while some homes are carefully contrived, it is hard to keep that up forever and so most of the images are really interesting, eclectic and revealing.




... the photos are well taken too!

I am more than worried about what I am going to do when I leave the (mostly) comfortable bubble that is my degree. Especially considering the amount of friends finding it difficult to get jobs and/or being made redundant.


Creativepool has some tips on making a good portfolio.

They also have a lot of advice for interviews and interview techniques