Personal Development III//Contact with Joe Gilmore at Qubik.

Hoping to start the year as I mean to go on, after further contact and talk last week in regards to being kind enough to help me with some points of my dissertation, I have got in contact with Joe Gilmore of Qubik to discuss the potential of going to work with him again in Easter time, potentially for a couple of days or even a week-long placement, again, hoping to develop my experience within editorial design as well as a studio atmosphere.

Visiting Professional//Joe Gilmore & Qubik.

Notes from today's talk with visiting professional, Joe Gilmore of Qubik, who I was fortunate enough to spend a day working with a couple of weeks ago, and gain further insight into his design practice.

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NOTES

* Ultrasound- Letting the content poster, 2005, determine the grid.
* Concept derived from content.
* Soundhacked app- converting sound files as RAW images in Photoshop- treats the data as an image.
* Glitch book visualises data through an InDesign file.
* Tauba Auerbach- Experimental typography (studied as a sign writer).
* Joe's image blog, Void, collective images and inspiration from an art perspective, has also helped him to gain contacts and work through mutual interest and followers.
* Carroll/Fletcher gallery, designer...branding to be clean, conservative and corporate. Outcomes include catalogue, invites, signage, designing for every exhibition.
* John Wood & Paul Harrison catalogue and metallic spot varnish invites (costing around £2 each...).
* Pulp notebooks created (similar to Muji style), Paperback paper supplier (Dice pattern created for 1,2,3 and 4 notebooks).
* Matt Smith- pulp board cover and bronze/copper foil, printed type.
* Chromatologies materials (the study of colour), colour gradient throughout the text on high-gloss stock.
* Chums Exhibition (cover, all the images overlaid in the grid system of the book- representation of the contents of the book on the cover).
* Sharmen (Newspaper printers, and also uses newspaper club.
* Radim Pesko, Amsterdam- based typographic designer (owner of type foundry).
* Colophon, designers of Apercu typeface (foundry).
* Designed website for LCA Fine Art lecturer, Sheila Gaffney (Head of Fine Art), Used InDexibit as a content manager, good for artist's portfolio.
* Algorithmic drawing, computer-drawn, slightly different angles of lines.
* Fuse by Neville Brody- with floppy disks (experimental typeface journal from the 80s).
* Lulu Printers.
* Swiss font foundry- Greer (?) type... GT Wallshine (Good for Alex Warren Architecture Branding... approx $40 per type weight).

Professional Development III//Placement at Qubik.

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On Friday I was lucky enough to be able to spend the day working alongside Graphic Designer, Joe Gilmore, of Qubik, in his home studio assisting him with work on editorial design for a magazine.

I had a really great day working in the very calm, and friendly home environment in which his lovely wife and one year old daughter would often pop up in during the day, as well as Richard from Pressision print, whom I had contacted in regards to organising a visit earlier in the year, but hadn't had an opportunity to talk to properly yet, so that was a great piece of luck that Joe was expecting a publication delivery that same day.

I had a great time working on something completely different from the usual work in my design portfolio and practice, and feel as though I've already learnt a great deal (who knew what a Colophon was?) and have got some great inspiration for my own developments throughout Design Practice III (particularly the magazine/portfolio for Jessie Leong Photography- see my Design Practice blog for design developments) which I'm really excited to try and execute over the next couple of days.

Design Practice III//Placement with Qubik.

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Very pleased to confirm that I will be starting my weekly placement with Qubik's Joe Gilmore from this Friday, going in one day a week to develop my design work, and, more importantly, to gain some really important feedback and insight into both my personal and professional design practice with Joe's knowledge and experience.

I'm really looking forward to developing my editorial design which is, of course, Qubik's specialism, and feel it will really help me with a variety of my printed outcomes throughout the Design Practice III module (for more information see my Design Practice blog).

Studio Visits//Qubik.

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Yesterday I was lucky enough to have been invited along to the home studio, Qubik, which was established and directed by designer, and past Leeds College of Art tutor, Joe Gilmore, whom, unfortunately, I hadn't had the opportunity to meet whilst he was still teaching.

The studio itself was great, really well-lit, clean, yet, of course, being in Joe's family home, it still felt warm and relaxing, as opposed to many studios, which end up being far more sterile working environments. It was great to spend an hour talking about Joe's practice, showing me some publications and typographically-led designs that he's currently working on, as well as a multitude of wonderful examples of work that he finds inspirational, which are very welcome additions to the studio shelves. 

I was also lucky enough to be prompted to show Joe my design portfolio, and, in reflection to his own design practice, seemed to be really interested in my type and layout design work, which is certainly something I want to develop and work on next year, as, despite it being something I've perhaps neglected a little so far in my design practice, it's certainly something that I really enjoy.

To top off a really fun and interesting afternoon, Joe kindly offered me his time in the way of a placement, which we've agreed to talk more about in September when our schedules are a little more organised, though I would be looking to go in for one day a week for the academic year, which, I know, is just a great opportunity, and am really excited about taking up.

Some of the students from Graphic Design that have worked with Joe in terms of placements include wonderful designers such as Arthur Carey, Aaron Skipper and Tim Wan, and to be added to that list is something I'm so looking forward.

Bring on September!