Springetts - Day Two

Victoria and Julian were too busy to look at my invitation piece, so I spent the morning tarting it up a bit and then trawling through Photoshop tutorials on the net. The designers are all busy working on packaging or ads for the likes of Listerine and Young's fish, otherwise they're attending meetings. By lunch time I was feeling very much the spare part, if not, liability. It must be difficult for them to gauge the capabilities of students and to supply a steady stream of suitable projects to undertake. But if that's the case, why take students? What's the incentive?

So, for the morning they were happy for me to amuse myself, and, in a way, I was happy doing that too. However, it leaves me with the feeling at times that the only thing I'm learning is just how much I have to learn. Still, it's early days yet.

Anyway, the afternoon was much more encouraging: I helped Dan, who was up against it on the Listerine account, by cutting out and constructing six mock-up boxes that he'd designed for Twinings tea-bags. It was interesting to see how the cardboard engineering allowed for the lids to click into place (apparently, a feature that customers like enormously) and it gave me a sense of achievement and usefulness. Above all, Dan was very appreciative. Job well done.