The first instance of industry interaction that will guide me through PPP and further develop my understanding and knowledge as a graphic designer and creative thinker involved a series of conversations through email, linked and Skype with the design studio; Hungry Sandwich Club. Hungry Sandwich Club are a small studio that was set up by two alumni of Leeds College of Art and more specifically alumni of my course, Graphic Design.
Due to the fact that it is a plan of mine in the future to open my own studio with someone from the course (Tom Hodkin) and see if we can build a studio from the bottom the conversations with Hungry Sandwich Club offered a vital insight in to different aspects of which could affect the journey along the way. This vitality of information based of the fact that they, like me graduated from the exact same course and were in the same position I am in now. Throughout the conversations a number of questions were forwarded to the Hungry Sandwich Club by me regarding starting a new studio such as 'Where did you operate your first studio space from?', 'How long did it take until it started to become economically viable?' and 'How did you manage to source your first client/work?' to which they answered attentively and whole heartedly.
These question allowed me to gain an understanding of what troubles and hurdles could be found along the way and more importantly offered an insight in to how these hurdles can be overcome and how outlined goals could be achieved. This provided me with a lot of vital knowledge of which I could take forward into a real life application if the opportunity to start a studio does arise.
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