NEWS



June 2010
Raw Design Studio




Recently for the last month I have been working in sunny Salford at Raw Design Studio, located at the Islington Mill Studios - their studio used to be home to the Ting Tings.

Personally working on projects that I love has been such a bonus to this placement, being able to create layouts and designs for a newsprint directory/newsletter that soon will be produced in limited exclusive numbers.

It's been a great few weeks and I'm looking forward to my next placement at B&W Studio in Leeds.

Mark




May 2010
Smiling Wolf




One of my shorter placements in Liverpool at Smiling Wolf. Working out of the biggest studio I have been in, I worked on a major studio project helping put together the initial stages for a project that some-day might rival the likes of spotify and wikipedia for music.


Mark





January 2010
Work Placement at Reform




I have just completed a work placement at Reform in Manchester. Starting on very short notice at the beginning of December I was there till the end of January, and hopefully will go back soon in the future.

Working there for 2 months I worked on numerous projects including winning pitches for an University prospectus, magnetic flyers, websites, branding and posters.

Thanks for the experience, I am very grateful.

I am now free to contact for placements and jobs.

Mark




November 2009
Graduation



(Please wait for the animation to load.)

Mark




November 2009
Site Updates


I have updated maaku87.co.uk to give it a much cleaner and fresher design.

I would also like to introduce my new photography website which you can find at www.markadamson.co.uk



Mark




September/October 2009
Work Placements


I spent 5 weeks in Leeds working at Vast on numerous projects including, web based design print work and retouching. Lots of retouching.

The best thing about working at Vast by all means was having the opportunity to design huge vinyl signage and see it in location.



I completed this as well as movable signage and smaller vinyls for other windows.

I am currently looking for jobs and work placements in the design industry so if you know of any please contact me!

Mark




July 2009
Results




I have passed my degree with flying colours.

Mark




3rd June 2009
Project Updates




All my final major projects are now online!

All I have left now is my final exhibition here at University...

Mark




17th May 2009
Final Deadline


Tomorrow – the 18th – is my final deadline for University with all my final major projects due to be handed in.

...will find out soon how well I have done. In the meantime I shall be updating more often now as projects have been completed and photographed.

I have also added photographs of my mini-portfolio I took to New York with me to my project list.

Mark




24th April 2009
MISTD




I have been awarded membership into the International Society of Typographic Designers for my 'Type Factory' Project.

Mark




6th April 2009
Updates


Well as updates go. Its been a month since my last post.

However this section of my website is deicated to new about projects. You can find out more about what I am doing and other things on my blog —

blog.maaku87.co.uk

New York
I went I saw I came back.
New York was pretty amazing as you can expect, took thousands of photos digital as well as on film. So I have a project in the works based upon New York, enough for even two projects.
One of the major agencies that I visited was KarlssonWilker, a personal favourite I have admired for a while. So getting the chance to meet them was something I couldnt miss out on!



Back to School
The few weeks back from holiday were not the most productive with one project being completed and another short project too.
Whilst those need to be printed and photographed they will be up on my website soon.

Work Placement
As mentioned on my blog I am currently on a 2 week work placement in Manchester. Which is a double bonus as it will be ticking a few boxes, having experience, doing another project I can use for my final major as well as my second assignment for my 'Professional Development'.
I also have managed to get another 2 week placement in the summer in Liverpool in a much larger agency, so I am looking forward to that.

Still busy, busy, busy with lots of work and things going on keep an eye on my blog for current updates, and more work on my website soon.

Mark




3rd March 2009
Old Domain name now linked!


Newly updated PDF portfolio now available to download on my about page or here.

Enjoy

Mark




2nd March 2009
Old Domain name now linked!


Projects are all updated and the site is working beautifully. After a minor hitch with logging in which the wonderful team at Cargo helped me through the website is back on track.

Thanks Cargo. Thargo.

Mark




27th February 2009
New Website running on Cargo


After setting up my website over a year ago, initially I wanted a blog, however over time I realised the method used of displaying my work probably wasnt the best, as a quick look through the statistics showed that people spent less than 30 seconds on the site, and did not browse through all the images.

I came across Cargo through www.effektivedesign.co.uk.

It proves to be a very simple and easy method of web design, all done through your browser. I highly recommend it.

So welcome and I hope you enjoy your stay.

Mark