Hope House: Endless studio's visit and questions

When the tour had ended and i'd been in awe at screenprint art on the walls and all the studio plants, I wanted to ask questions I genuinley wonder about as an emerging designer. As Endless City create work that has similar taste to mine and which i like, which involves working with music and charity, this was a great opportunity to get valuable responses.



What do you do when you are struggling with a design?
Look at references, reference art works and compositions
Don't drive myself in to a wall-stay patient, come back to it as I want it to be 100%

Typefaces- how do you decide/where do you get them from?
Swiss typefaces, grilli type, commercial type and then thing like fontshop, klim- typekit is okay but i look elsewhere for the type i like to work with


Do you follow any design rules- grids, golden ratio, etc...?
Grids are definetley useful, remember to use them if you are ever struggling with composition! I have used the golden ratio only for layouts really...

Do you ever feel completely content with your designs even if others are praising them?
It's good to get positive recognition for what you do, but constructive criticism always enhances your work. it's never 100% when you have seen it so much- and you are developing so much as an artist you start to criticise little things some times,but keeping busy with the next project is part of the fun.

Concept or visual first, now you are not in education?
Draw a few sketches, concepts are crucial first before jumping straight on to designing a final piece. You construct so many different ideas when just doing rough ones before deciding on one final one working digitally- it gives you the freedom to explore concepts from research.

Design rules you disagree with?
Hmmmmm there’s so many and they all have some basis but don’t all apply to design over all. I kind of live by the rules of design should be functional first but I’ve always been torn on form and function but I think it’s what distinguishes design from art
What do you learn when you get your own studio, following from your degree?
you really have to be driven and want to be doing this- there's so many projects and opportunities out there, so as well as management, pride in your studio and a lot of hard work

Do you approach clients at the beginning and then they come to you, or do you always approach?
a lot of if comes through contacts and existing connections, like here where our studio is based we are working closely with the MAP charity and Cosmic Slop events. we enjoy working within our community

What keeps you from getting in creative funk?
Music definetley is an inspiration within our work- doing dj events on the side and being closely linked to cosmic slop means you are constantly being inspired by creatives and sometimes music can lead the project!