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The print was slightly mis-aligned when it came out, which was slightly annoying as it made the columns for inside a little off. But as a draft for a pitch it did the job.

A one day brief. Wow i don't believe it, its 3rd year and we are allowed to spend just a day on a brief! Anyway...

I really enjoyed his brief, waking up, getting all the content together, figure out a format and folding method, begin laying out and playing around and by the evening a finished piece of work is there on your table.

A really enjoyable process, more of the same I think.

I chose to create a more original folding method to that which I had in my head as I walked into college. So when I got in I started folding and ended up with a method that satisfyingly revealed information in a hierarchy as it was opened, nice.
Perhaps it was this rather confusing an unconventional folding method that ended up in me not getting the job. Hay ho, I know for next time. It was just a little fiddly and didn't quite go back together in a intuitive way. However I was chuffed to have created it so I ran with it and was pleased to see the content fill it up in a correct typographic manner.

I am loving block colours at the moment it seems. Perhaps all this work is getting to me, and staring into happy block colours does something to my brain that cams it down a bit.

Originally I wanted to create more of a spread sheet style publication that had information dotted about in an interesting way, making the eye dart around picking out information from hither and thither. But then I came to my senses...this was going to be picked up by 6h form students who want to be at the UCAS fair, but only because they know it is going to decide their future. So anything they pick up / read / look at must be quick and easy to read. Hence I settled for Columns.

i quite like unconventional formats, I believe throwing yourself into an unfamiliar format will lead to more revelations and overall a better learning experience.