Blast Radius studio tour
Yesterday afternoon I was fortunate enough to be part of a group of students from VFS that went on a studio tour at Blast Radius. Blast Radius is one of the largest interactive design studios in Vancouver, with additional offices in Toronto, Amsterdam, London, New York, and San Francisco. Over 400 people work at Blast ...
Creativity
I’m lying in bed, unable to sleep through the fireworks going off outside my window. It’s not too much of a bother, my mind is still travelling a mile a minute; it’s been working much better since finished term 3 at VFS. I’m sifting through all of the creative thoughts I’ve had in the last ...
Balance
A little while ago I wrote about becoming too immersed in design that I couldn’t see the forest for the trees. Well in search of the forest, and more time with friends and in a design-free (head)space, I seem to have tilted the scales a little too far the other way. While most of my ...
…and we’re back
…and we’re back. I was offline for a few weeks trying to get my site over to my own url instead of the one supplied by VFS. I had a few issues and with a lack of time to sit down and troubleshoot, it got pushed to the back burner. Notice the url is my ...
Networking
I love talking to people, finding out what they do, discovering the similarities that you have, and meeting new people that you really connect with. Tonight was one of those nights. I went to my first meetup meeting. There’s many a student at VFS right now who say they don’t have time for networking. They ...
Inspiration, relationships, and the designer
Term 2 in the digital design program at VFS is done and I’m still sitting here in front of the computer, lonely as ever. Working non-stop without much emotion for anything outside of design for the last four months has left me somewhat in the dust when it comes to what the rest of the ...