Now onto the third week in Falmouth! During this week I pretty much carried on the work from week 2 but instead of putting together more moodboards it was now onto proper idea generation and visual development. 

*Gulp* Oops well I got a little behind in uploading my weekly thoughts from my internship that I am actually home now (yep I'm back-posting this if it wasn't obvious)! Although I'm not going to really apologise for it as I never got round to it as I was just enjoying my time so damn much that I didn't really sit down at my laptop all the much to do things like this blog as I was just been getting on with other things. 

Anyway, I'm still going to do this on a weekly basis as I think it'll be better to do a single post on my overall thoughts on the internship. So this post will be covering week 2!



Within my 2nd week of my internship, Rachael, the project manager of Venn was back after her holiday time off, I had my first blog post (about creative communities) published on their website and had a trip to the printers that they have a pretty good relationship with. Design wise, the 2nd round of designs for one project got sent of and I started on producing some mood boards for another project.

One of the moodboards I pulled together

Throughout this week I really got to jump into the initial planning and idea generation aspect of Venn's design process. They run projects in a way that the sole focus of it all always goes back into everything that was said in the questionnaires by clients, the who's, what's, why's and how's. It all adds back into what imagery is shown in moodboards and is then used to reflect on ideas and designs to see if what has been done actually measures up to what the client needs.




At the end of the week I also proposed some ideas based on what I was doing the moodboards for which went well too. I can't really speak in-depth about it at the moment but just in general, being part of the process of developing the moodboards, ideas and then putting visuals together it really gave me a better idea of how things run within in an agency, compared to how it is when you're working on university projects or freelance ones by yourself.



Overall, my 2nd week at the internship was great as I was able to get stuck into the whole process and see more about the initial development stages as well. With my second weekend in Cornwall, I decided to have a little day trip to the town of St Ive, which was beautiful! I pretty much just had a wander round the town, did some window shopping, had a walk along the beach and also went to the Sculpture Gardens! Unfortunately I didn't get to the tate as it was closed when I was there.

If you fancy reading more about my internship you can do so here and also, check out the 20 things I learned within my 4 weeks Medium post. I'm planning on making more long form content for Medium as I feel it'll sit better over there than on here. 

So since I last really blogged (not including the Secret Santa post since that went live earlier today), quite a few things have happened... 

Since my Intentions blog post from January I've had a few things going on including a week long placement in Glasgow at a company called Freytag Anderson and now, I'm currently on an internship in Falmouth, Cornwall. It's pretty crazy because in total I travelled about 650miles from home down here to do this internship and who knows how many more miles I'll add into that from commuting to the Studio from my Airbnb by the time this month is up! 

Anyway, during this internship I wanted to try and jump back on the blogging train, sharing some updates and thoughts on how my internship is going. I'm currently in the middle of the second week here and currently it's been so amazing. 

One thing I've also started in the last few weeks has been a Bullet Journal. This system has been really useful for me to keep up-to date with things and I've made a few spreads in my notebook dedicated to my internship,  including noting down something I have learned each day, a space to write ideas for any blog posts I do for their website and even a bit to note down things specific to advice or tips given for things like my portfolio and dealing with clients. And sidebar, but Andy, one of the company owners, also loves how neat it is and keeps asking people if they have seen it yet! 

Now back to how the internship is actually going! I've been able to get really stuck into client projects, often being helped by Tom, Zander or Andy with them but also having the space to explore ideas and ask for feedback when needed. It's been a really refreshing expierence so far to see how this process works collaboratively inside a close-nit team. Also Bowie the dog has been super nice too- letting me give him belly rubs! 

It's also been really great in being part of this close-nit team. Everybody has been so open, inviting and friendly towards me, including the two developers I haven't mentioned yet- Joe and Joshua and it has made coming into a totally new place so much easier and something I truly appreciate. Plus it definitely is nice for everybody to share the task of making a cuppa, especially when Joshua tends to make sure everybody has one for starting when they get working first thing in the morning. And all of that can be said for the people who's Airbnb I am staying at as well- they have been so accommodating for me and have done way more than they needed to to make me feel at home.  

Anyway that'll do it for this weeks update! I'll probably share more of what I've learned in the first two weeks in my second update as this was just more setting the scene tbh!

If you fancy reading more about my internship you can do so here and also, check out the 20 things I learned within my 4 weeks Medium post. I'm planning on making more long form content for Medium as I feel it'll sit better over there than on here.