Liv Sidall Talk

Yesterday, we got a chance to met and listen to a talk by Liv Sidall. Liv is a graphic design graduate from Kingston Uni, and worked with ItsNiceThat Mag. for four years and also Fought Trade as a magazine editor.

Liv gave us of tips and inspired us on possibly the route that we want to take in the future, as she mentioned how although she was a graphic student she didn't particularly know or get what she was doing and was more focused on everyone else work except from her, which got her an internship at ItsNiceThat Magazine and got to do what she wanted to do, while still involved in the design community. She also proved to be very resourceful of people, time and money, which made her work more enticing and interesting. She also told use her 'tire theory' which uses the metaphor of 'if you see someone with a broken down car waving their hands, you would less likely help then than when you see them already trying to fix their car' which she applies to 'if people are seeing you working hard on your won, they will most likely want to try and help you than when you just sit their say 'help me!', which I thought was quite inspirational!

I also got a chance to talk to Liv one to one in an individual session in which she gave me loads of advice and tips in my current brief.