Dear design firms, organizations, non-profits, churches, and any other manifestation of businesses,
I would like a design internship before May.
Just in case you forgot.
Love,
Megan
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Drum Roll Please...
Yesterday was the opening of Auburn's Graphic Design Juried Student Exhibition in Biggin. The show was awesome and full of tons of talented student work. I'll let it explain itself:
"Each Spring Semester the Graphic Design Students put their best school work from the past academic year on display. This year we are hosting Auburn’s own Chad Bottcher as our guest juror and lecturer. Chad is the principal of MindVolt, the absolute finest, full-service design and advertising agency in North Alabama. Work from sophomore, junior and senior level students will be shown in Biggin Hall Gallery for the week."
The reception and opening was yesterday at 4:30 in the Biggin Gallery. The show will be up until Friday. Jessica Sabo, Daniel McCoy and Katie Rhea all had pieces in the show. I had a total of 4 get in as well.
After looking through all of the work each category was given an award (usually a sweet and expensive design book) as well as merit awards basically the runner up. The judge went through each category and in my head I though "Eh, not me." Then he got to the last category and talked about how he couldn't help but love this particular project and how practical it was in a business sense. He looked down at the book and said "Life Straw by Megan Forrester".
I was like "Whaaat?"
I won Best in Show for the Exhibition! How insane is that? I got to talk to the juror, Chad Bottcher after wards and he was extremely complimentary of the piece. To be honest I didn't even consider that to be one of my best pieces. I remember having a complete emotional break down the night before it was due! Just goes to show that God can turn even the smallest bad things into something good.
The project itself was re-designing the identity of a German product called LifeStraw. Basically it is a personal water filtration system in the shape of, you guessed it, a straw. We were assigned to create a complete identity and ad campaign then assemble it into a book aka an ID manual.
I will have pictures of the work up on my Flickr site soon!
In other news, the internship hunt is still ongoing. I have no heard a word from Relevant in 2 weeks. I have decided that if I don't hear a yay or nay after Spring Break then a follow up e-mail will be in order. I did hear from Erika and AIM and within the month, hopefully, we will get to meet and have coffee to discuss the possible internship opportunity.
In the meanwhile, I am doing some non-profit projects with Collaboration Reverberation (CR) in San Diego. It's been pretty sweet so far and I'm working on a logo identity for Elhelo which is an umbrella organization based in California that supports mission efforts. I'm also doing a T-shirt and banner design for Jireh Mission.
On top of that I'm finishing up a logo for Harding in Memphis as well as a new T-shirt design for our drama group Speak and more sign-age for my grandparent's auto shop in Opelika.
Busy busy busy!
Spring Break also begins this Friday. I'm headed to the lake with a group of my closest friends. We'll be back on Monday afternoon then I'm going to Birmingham on Tuesday to hang out with some people I haven't seen in ages. On Thursday I shall return then head off to Destin, Florida with my family until Saturday.
Well I better get back to work. I have a super hard lab practical in a few hours that I need to stuff as much information into my head as possible! As always, thanks for stopping by!
"Each Spring Semester the Graphic Design Students put their best school work from the past academic year on display. This year we are hosting Auburn’s own Chad Bottcher as our guest juror and lecturer. Chad is the principal of MindVolt, the absolute finest, full-service design and advertising agency in North Alabama. Work from sophomore, junior and senior level students will be shown in Biggin Hall Gallery for the week."
The reception and opening was yesterday at 4:30 in the Biggin Gallery. The show will be up until Friday. Jessica Sabo, Daniel McCoy and Katie Rhea all had pieces in the show. I had a total of 4 get in as well.
After looking through all of the work each category was given an award (usually a sweet and expensive design book) as well as merit awards basically the runner up. The judge went through each category and in my head I though "Eh, not me." Then he got to the last category and talked about how he couldn't help but love this particular project and how practical it was in a business sense. He looked down at the book and said "Life Straw by Megan Forrester".
I was like "Whaaat?"
I won Best in Show for the Exhibition! How insane is that? I got to talk to the juror, Chad Bottcher after wards and he was extremely complimentary of the piece. To be honest I didn't even consider that to be one of my best pieces. I remember having a complete emotional break down the night before it was due! Just goes to show that God can turn even the smallest bad things into something good.
The project itself was re-designing the identity of a German product called LifeStraw. Basically it is a personal water filtration system in the shape of, you guessed it, a straw. We were assigned to create a complete identity and ad campaign then assemble it into a book aka an ID manual.
I will have pictures of the work up on my Flickr site soon!
In other news, the internship hunt is still ongoing. I have no heard a word from Relevant in 2 weeks. I have decided that if I don't hear a yay or nay after Spring Break then a follow up e-mail will be in order. I did hear from Erika and AIM and within the month, hopefully, we will get to meet and have coffee to discuss the possible internship opportunity.
In the meanwhile, I am doing some non-profit projects with Collaboration Reverberation (CR) in San Diego. It's been pretty sweet so far and I'm working on a logo identity for Elhelo which is an umbrella organization based in California that supports mission efforts. I'm also doing a T-shirt and banner design for Jireh Mission.
On top of that I'm finishing up a logo for Harding in Memphis as well as a new T-shirt design for our drama group Speak and more sign-age for my grandparent's auto shop in Opelika.
Busy busy busy!
Spring Break also begins this Friday. I'm headed to the lake with a group of my closest friends. We'll be back on Monday afternoon then I'm going to Birmingham on Tuesday to hang out with some people I haven't seen in ages. On Thursday I shall return then head off to Destin, Florida with my family until Saturday.
Well I better get back to work. I have a super hard lab practical in a few hours that I need to stuff as much information into my head as possible! As always, thanks for stopping by!
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Auburn's Loss of Lauren Burk
Hey everyone.
Well I'm coming to you with some very sad news as of late. I will let the University explain the situation from the following message we students received earlier this week:
"On Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at approximately 9:08 p.m., Auburn Police responded to a call of an injured female on Alabama Highway 147 (North College Street). Upon arrival, officers found a female, later identified as 18 year old Lauren A. Burk, an Auburn University student, suffering from a single gunshot wound. Ms. Burk was transported by EMS to the East Alabama Medical Center where she succumbed to her injuries.
There will be a campus wide Memorial Service for Lauren on Samford Lawn this Monday at 3pm.
Please pray for her family and those on campus who were close to her. It turns out that Lauren was a pre-graphic design student and in one of my favorite professor's classes this semester. She also had a heart for Invisible Children and attended a screening we had a few weeks ago, but I was not fortunate enough to meet her.
The campus has been on edge in the past few days so pray for peace, healing, and God to work through such a tragedy.
As for me, it's just been shocking. I've lived here for so long that I have always felt very secure and safe in Auburn. It just reminds me that life is fragile everywhere, even at home.
I have a few updates as well. I submitted 5 pieces to the Auburn Student Juried Design Show and got 4 of them in! The gallery opening is Monday at 4:30 in Biggin Hall if you would like to come. The work should be up until Friday.
The internship hunting still continues. Right now I have two options in the works. I should meet with Erika to discuss details about interning with Adventures in Missions. That's exciting and I can't wait to meet her! Secondly, I applied for the Relevant internship and I'm just awaiting a response. Another guy from Auburn (not design) applied and was accepted for a position. He was notified 5 days ago, so I'm getting anxious. I'll be sure to keep you posted on all of that as the month goes on.
Spring Break is coming up and I think it's going to be a great one seeing how it is my last "Spring Break" as a student!? Crazy! I'm going to the lake with my friends for the first weekend, up to Birmingham for a few days to see some more friends, then down to Destin with my family for the weekend. I love traveling through our grand state! Ah, good stuff.
In the meanwhile I am swamped beyond recognition with design work. I have just accepted a TON of freelance work with CR Design firm in San Diego. I'm slightly intimidated by how "official" this is, seeing how I will be working with real clients and real printers and a real firm. I think it will be a good learning experience and hopefully more knowledge about how design works in the real world, not just the student simulation.
I will keep you updated on life in Auburn, but for the meanwhile I must dive into the pit of design for the final push before Spring Break.
Keep Auburn in your prayers and as always, thanks for stopping by.
Well I'm coming to you with some very sad news as of late. I will let the University explain the situation from the following message we students received earlier this week:
"On Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at approximately 9:08 p.m., Auburn Police responded to a call of an injured female on Alabama Highway 147 (North College Street). Upon arrival, officers found a female, later identified as 18 year old Lauren A. Burk, an Auburn University student, suffering from a single gunshot wound. Ms. Burk was transported by EMS to the East Alabama Medical Center where she succumbed to her injuries.
At approximately 9:27 p.m., Auburn Police received a call of a vehicle on fire in the Hinton Field parking lot located on Lem Morrison Drive on the Auburn University campus. The vehicle, a 2001 Black Honda Civic, was registered to the victim and was fully involved. Personnel from the Auburn Fire Division responded and extinguished the fire.
The case is under investigation by the Auburn Police Division with assistance from the Department of Forensic Sciences, the Lee County Sheriff's Office, and the Lee County District Attorney's Office. Law Enforcement officials are continuing to follow-up on all leads."There will be a campus wide Memorial Service for Lauren on Samford Lawn this Monday at 3pm.
Please pray for her family and those on campus who were close to her. It turns out that Lauren was a pre-graphic design student and in one of my favorite professor's classes this semester. She also had a heart for Invisible Children and attended a screening we had a few weeks ago, but I was not fortunate enough to meet her.
The campus has been on edge in the past few days so pray for peace, healing, and God to work through such a tragedy.
As for me, it's just been shocking. I've lived here for so long that I have always felt very secure and safe in Auburn. It just reminds me that life is fragile everywhere, even at home.
I have a few updates as well. I submitted 5 pieces to the Auburn Student Juried Design Show and got 4 of them in! The gallery opening is Monday at 4:30 in Biggin Hall if you would like to come. The work should be up until Friday.
The internship hunting still continues. Right now I have two options in the works. I should meet with Erika to discuss details about interning with Adventures in Missions. That's exciting and I can't wait to meet her! Secondly, I applied for the Relevant internship and I'm just awaiting a response. Another guy from Auburn (not design) applied and was accepted for a position. He was notified 5 days ago, so I'm getting anxious. I'll be sure to keep you posted on all of that as the month goes on.
Spring Break is coming up and I think it's going to be a great one seeing how it is my last "Spring Break" as a student!? Crazy! I'm going to the lake with my friends for the first weekend, up to Birmingham for a few days to see some more friends, then down to Destin with my family for the weekend. I love traveling through our grand state! Ah, good stuff.
In the meanwhile I am swamped beyond recognition with design work. I have just accepted a TON of freelance work with CR Design firm in San Diego. I'm slightly intimidated by how "official" this is, seeing how I will be working with real clients and real printers and a real firm. I think it will be a good learning experience and hopefully more knowledge about how design works in the real world, not just the student simulation.
I will keep you updated on life in Auburn, but for the meanwhile I must dive into the pit of design for the final push before Spring Break.
Keep Auburn in your prayers and as always, thanks for stopping by.
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