Tuesday, 12 December 2017

Connor - It's Nice That


- Art director at It's Nice That
- It's Nice That; founded in 2007 after a uni brief, a blog was created which published work of creatives that he admired.
- This year = 10 year birthday
- Set in East London
- Branched into; anyways and lecture in progress as well, all in the same office space sharing ideas.

- They write about anything and everything creative.
- They sit down twice a week to discus things.
- Creating a publication: Printed Pages to create a physical record of their work.

- Designing a magazine takes 4 -6 weeks and is a very messy process.
- To get an idea as to how the magazine flows they print it out at small scale and stick them all on a large board to see how they look together.
- Also well known for Nicer Tuesdays which are hosted once a month.
- Did a collaboration with google to create an interactive logo.
- As well as collaborating with Harry's and Uniqlo and The Conran Shop
- Lecture In Progress - helps get jobs/ interviews

- Connor's job as an art director:
- Studied in Edinburg
- Got a job offer from an audio company in Glasgow designing lots of stuff
- Stayed for 9 months then applied for an internship at It's Nice That 18 months ago
- Learnt how to use after effects from watching tutorials
- Mocking things up physically makes it easier for people to understand
- Always keep learning new skills

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