We had final presentations in the Visual communication module this Thursday. My group, who did the BeeHive project, got very good feedback which is always nice! The class website is also being discussed (under much secrecy). But for now, it’s Christmas holidays and portfolio making in the works!

I’ve worked double shifts this week. In school and out of school. I’m tired. My eyelids keep closing on me. Deadlines. Must.. stay.. awake.

Today we had our first lecture aimed towards helping us with our portfolios. Nina Åkerstam and Björn Jeffery were both here, talking about different things. Nina had more of a planner’s approach while Björn talked a lot about internet strategy.

Yey, the first actual designing at school! (It’s only been four months). They had us smell on “Surströmming” and asked us to visualize the stench. This is what I came up with.

Today we had a really good lecture from a guy from Essen. The lecture was about branding in all its different forms and I was amazed by how interested I was in this. Definately something to look into more thoroughly. Unfortunately, I had to catch my train at lunch so I missed half of it, which was a real shame since he really managed to capture my interest.

An interesting footnote, though, is the fact that it took me exactly one hour and five minutes to realize it was actually the logo on all of his Keynote-slides and that it spelled out Essen in inverted letters. Oops.

Now we’ve started a new module called Visual communication. It seems intense. I get the feeling most of us around here are just waiting for Christmas to come. The module’s aim is to get us into the role of client/agency and so we’re in two different groups at the same time.