Hey just wanted to add something quickly because some of you seem to want to go abroad...i am looking for a way to do that aswell actually but i will have to figure it out myself since i have become to old to stay in school for much longer and i can't get funding that eassily anymore...
...the netherlands are great i think...i visit a lot of seminars and lectures about new media and topology/mapping...everytime (just like yesterday in fact:) ) there are some dutch people with great stuff...as a belgian student i have always looked more at the dutch design than what my own country has to offer since we are still little slower:)
anyway in the future i would love to work with some dutch people i got to know a bit...the person i am going to start a graphic studio with also went to a dutch college and she is full of it...a friend of mine is going to talk to her because she also wants to go to the netherlands next year...so if you ask me dutch design schools are really interesting...
I have read some stuff about Fabrica in Yutsak's post...i have been to a lecture of the head of the graphic design department...omar vulpinari...i must say i expected more from him and fabrica...i found their work a bit to much in the advertising business and it wasn't that spectacular...they just have great contacts/clients with a lot of money most of the time which isn't that interesting to me as a graphic designer interested in typography, mapping, ... he also seemed to say that he looks a lot at how a portfolio is presented...for example if you send him a box where he has to put his head in to see pictures of your work...the box would be original enough to remember you and the chance would be great he would pick that person...i kinda have a problem with that because i know some people who wouldn't get picked because they would send in this classic styled portfolio...because they want their work presented in a sort of way that draws attention to the work and not the protfolio, mmm the packaging (hope this is clear what i mean to say:s)...so i was worried that he doesn't really look at the work itself...but just at the packaging...anyway you may correct me if anybody thinks i am wrong...i am already too old to apply so doesn't matter to me that much...just like to have more discussions on design...and the education of it...i think that is important...to share opinions that is:)
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hmmm i agree with you on the portfolio part, yes it is about your work, and you shouldn't completely judge it on the portfolio. On the other hand, your portfolio does say something about you, if you manage to make a portfolio which also supports your (imma just call it style right now) "style" or your way of working, then this will also leave an impression of the person. So the way you present your work is important as well. On the other hand that's just a gamble game cause if you send a box with work to someone else they might get really annoyed having to dig through it. So it makes sense that most people will just send a clean clear classic portfolio. SO long story short, i agree with you on the portfolio thing and it's a little ridiculous if you don't get picked because of that.
you totally got me right:)
I had never heard of Fabrica before, but I checked out their website and it looks like very interesting stuff...
Although, I also think it's really weird about the presentation. ..... really weird. I think maybe if it was a tiny bit clever or interesting, in an incredibly subtle way, then hey, that's cool. But i'm not so sure how receptive I'd be to a big super stylized presentation.... I feel like it could possibly come off as arrogant or something rather than letting the good work speak for itself.
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