Last week I went to the Leeds Print Festival to listen to established designers talk through their knowledge experiences and processes. I listened to a few talks from some designers but the ones that stood out to me were those from Alec Dudson (Intern Magazine) and Ben Freeman (Ditto Press).
Alec Dudson spoke in detail about how he ended up doing editorial design work. I was interested to hear his opinion on the impact the digital age has had on the magazine industry, and how specifically independent magazines have been affected.
He went on to explain his concept for Intern Magazine, and how he based it around the idea of internships, inspired by internships he had previously done. He has turned the idea of interns on it's head, paying people in that community to exhibit their work, and essentially giving interns recognition for their work which they otherwise would not even be paid for.
Ben Freeman has previously come to give talks to our course and on our methodology. To be honest I was quite confused by the work we did with him and didn't entirely understand the idea of it. Because of this I was quite keen to hear him again, perhaps gaining some clarification on the work we did with him.
Similar to the talk he gave us, he went through his background and how he unexpectedly ended up where he is now, and went through the specialisms of his company, most accurately described as a publishing house.
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