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I mentioned a while back that I was doing an assignment on branding and my focus was on branding my old school.

After spouting out many ideas, going through the process of refining and pitching, and pitching against other designs (which I haven’t seen btw) MECS have chose my design to rebrand with!!!

This is quite a big deal.

I’m not showing the logo yet as there is some finnessing to do at their discretion, but pleased to say I just landed my first big gig that is fairly high profile for the area and I’m rather estatic about it!!!!

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I’ve been doing some reading up on SEO – Search Engine Optimisation for work and also had a conversation with my boss the same time about looking at how we can change things for the better for Ergo online. Where the initial idea was to have a brochure equivalent web presence, things have now evolved through the blog and what not and it no longer holds the prime shelf placement. (That and it could do with a new look, but that’s my own prerogative* seeing as I made the thing in the first place).

There is a very interesting article on Realign vs. Redesign over on A List Apart. It is making me rethink my blog overhaul (which hasn’t happened, clearly) and making me lean in the direction of small change, same feel… it could potentially make my life a lot easier, so it’s win-win.

I’ve been reading about SEO over on SEOmoz, it is putting into words what I think I subconsciously know.

*or opinion

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On current standings, I have an assignment worth 30% due tomorrow. It has reduced my weekend to a slobbering, pathetic mess and has cause much pain in the sensible*. After 3.5 days of over induced stress, I am now officially over it, if I glean a pass I will be more than happy.

Work currently consists of my regular part time job at a Business Consultancy and all this unexpected freelance work that has suddenly surmounted** . So, I am designing a CV for someone, continuing with the rebranding of a school (co-assignment based) and I’m on hold for doing a website-showreel for a guy in film. I want to do these things well, they mean more to me than assignments – however much I try to trick myself in favor of my homework.

Other uni stuff is inclusive of a group assignment – which isn’t so bad, and the rotoscoping task, which is just fun.

But all up, I am rather worn out. This is why you are not getting deep-thought here. It keeps leaking through the cracks of my mind’s current constant analysis of advertising and semiotics.

*gosh this is way too amusing
**possibly not exactly the right use of the word.

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the-sound-of-bees-and-smlI had the opportunity once upon a time to do art in school and I didn’t take it. I instead opted for Chemistry, Biology and the like. Interesting certainly, but not really for keepers. I had to print out some uni Chem/Physics/Maths practice exams today for my boss’s son (Yep, that’s me with the time!) and in looking at them wondered why I ever bothered. Yet I enjoyed myself immensely – problem solving. I am a left brained girl with an earnest right brain,or perhaps I adapt to adapt?

But when I think that I had the chance to be taught art by this guy, I am disappointed.

Of course I didn’t know he made work like this back then.

Michael Peck’s work is currently in exhibition at the Metro 5 Gallery, I am crossing my fingers that I’ll get there before it concludes as it’s not too far from uni. My mum took my little sister (who is taught by him) there, and they came home raving. Now there’s incentive to get things finished by Thursday!

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Burkie asked “Any chance of getting a peak at your assignment?”

NB. This is not my original layout, this is a duplication of an existing layout from a Notebook Magazine, this is me spending lots of time with a ruler both in hand and on the computer. Aside from the headings, there is placeholder text where actual text should be and due to my lack of cash, I did not buy the fonts they used and so have used ‘similar’ ones in substitution.

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Oh, and I did a little ad for something related to my work the other day.

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