PPP3 : life update

Ever since I got into graphic design during my foundation year five years ago I have always had the desire to set something up and create a studio with friends who I enjoy working with. On my foundation I had four design buddies, Jack Grafton, Tom Wilkonson, Max Casey and Joe Gamble and we often joked about setting up something but they have that pull that people often have towards London. They are all graduated now and darting from placement to placement hoping that one will evolve into a job which I'm sure it will as they are all very talented lads. But, this is not what I want. I don't want to have to go from one placement to another, yes they are valuable and I would like to do a couple but not for a whole year which has only geared me on further to want to succeed and be involved in something that I and others have set up not just going to work for someone.

 After the realisation that the type of studio that I would most be interested in working in is a small independent design studio and that those small studios are that way because they have chosesn to be and so won't be looking for an employee this made me realise that if I set up with the right people this is something that we can have a real go at rather than settling for design jobs that our hearts aren't in it for.  This moment became on opportunity when I first started working with Greta we had/ have a great working synergy and ideas flow quite freely between us.  We spoke and decided that setting something up ourselves could definitely be an option.

Then there were three. We were speaking to Lizzi and discovered that she felt the same and was up for joining us with our quest. To celebrate this new studio relationship we made some wall art :

Our first quest together was to pitch for the year books which for us went really successfully and we came up with two concepts one for graphics and one for printed textiles. The collaboration was a success and we felt we worked well together as a group.

Forward to a few weeks later and we've become four. Mike was talking to us about how he wished he'd gone forward to do year book and so we got talking and invited him to join us for the year book which then after great working synergy and things like passion and drive in common  we put the idea out to Mike that he was morel than welcome to join us and after thinking things through he joined us.

This is where we are at as it stands. There is a lot of work to do and research in to how things work but we are all very excited. We are all being vert realistic about this studio in the sense that we know its not going to happen over night and that we are all probably going to work full time jobs like waitressing etc at the same time as the studio until the ball gets rolling however long it takes.