You may have noticed I have not posted on here for a very long time. For the last 7 months I have been working at Tigerprint (www.tigerprint.uk.com) who create gifting, home wear, cards and wraps for M&S. I was unable to post on my blog due to living with very limited internet for the past 7 months (nightmare).
I spent from September - Christmas last year living in Shipley which is just outside Bradford. This is where the head office is! I stayed in internship accommodation which was brilliant because it was free for people on placement with either Hallmark or Tigerprint! Usually a placement with Tigerprint is two weeks long which meant I lived with 22 people in the whole time I was there! I met some wonderful people and some characters who shared some wonderful work with me (which I will show you over the next few weeks).
Then after Christmas I moved down to the London studio which is much smaller in London. Here I created my own brand and worked on lots more exciting briefs for design management.
I have absolutely loved my placement! My work has progressed a lot as I have worked on briefs that were very new to me. Briefs included Christmas development, female and male cards, calendars and diaries. I have enjoyed collaborating with other designers and freelancers (the people at Tigerprint are extremely friendly). I have worked to specific briefs for design management and a number of my cards and wraps have been chosen for M&S ranges. I created characters for the first time at Tigerprint which received enthusiastic feedback! I have also learnt to incorporate text within my work using hand lettering as well as appropriate fonts.
Unfortunately I am unable to share any work that I have created for Tigerprint until it hits the shops.
Beautiful Saltaire, next to Shipley where I lived
