Come design with me.

"Come Design With Me" was a night designed to

get past students and some members of industry

together along with ourselves and our tutors.

It was a relaxed and reflective evening in which

refreshments were provided. I found a very pertinent

point being that we all noticed the void and sense

of 'being in the real world' that recent graduates

expressed.

This has proved a difficult time for many of them

and especially for those who have worked over seas

for a period, as the recession is obviously still alive and

kicking with many recent graduates becoming disillusioned.

We started the night by splitting into two

large groups that were split between present students

and graduates. One particularly interesting point

that came across was the rate of change of

their portfolios a constantly evolving and important

archive for our futures.

They outline to my group the difficulties in finding

work and at my age this does concern me. Mike

graduated last summer and he was a good example

of finding work rapidly but he soon realized that

although he had found employment at prestigous

brand "Manchester United" it was not full filling

his creative requirements having producing his own

working in the very creative environment of the

classroom. This issue was expressed by several of

the graduates and one to be mind full of.

I do believe that this evening related well to

our "Hopes and Fears" essay as it will prove to

be a good eye opening exercise for us in the

following few months. All a little daunting

but that's life.