sitting next to, James and Ash. After the tour John made a point of saying how busy they were, but they committed to having me before Xmas so there was nothing they could really do. I didn’t really know how to respond, so I just said “thanks”, I wasn’t completely thankful. John briefly explained I would be working on a twinnings brief, which would be briefed later in the afternoon, and that was that. It was about 10:30am by this point and I was back at my desk. Not knowing exactly what time I would be being briefed I decided to do a little research before my briefing. Competitors BrandOpus website Twinnings website. So two hours later, I was kind of done researching. Twiddling my thumbs. James realised this and asked if I could do some research for one of his projects. Badgers countryside ales, a company which BrandOpus have redesigned the majority of their packaging. James explained they were creating a new range of brews based around the creatures of Devon folklore
Badgers Beer rebrand
MY FIRST DAY n contrast to my last placement I was pretty nervous to be starting at brand opus. Having looked at their website, they worked they produce was pretty amazing. An award winning packaging studio, I wonder what i’ll be up to? Where I could handle work quite easily at Motorresolve, i knew this would be a completely different experience. My previous experience of being an intern involved cleaning up after more senior designers, making a lot of tea, so this is what i came to expect from BrandOpus. Having arrived 10 minutes earlier I was sat in the foyer. The studio was huge, far bigger than any I had imagined. In the foyer I was surrounded by a kitchen area, the reception and three meetings rooms.
Through the frosted glass doors I could feel the hustle and bustle of the studio at work. Within a few minutes I was greeted by John, the man I had been put in touch with and who sorted out my placement. A tall man, I shook my hand, and yorkshire accent - quite intimidating. I walked through the glass doors and a huge room starred back at me. As nervous as I may have been, it all got a bit worse. I followed John to my desk, weaveing my way through desks and chair legs, making sure i didn’t accidentally trip and fall, that wouldn’t be good on the first day. I was shown my desk. A lovely great big IMAC sat on top how loverly. I was then greeted by two designers that i would be
“THIS IS AN IMPORTANT QOUTE”