Barcelona based design group, Studio Astrid Stavro, have recently created some lovely work for the Art Directors Club of Europe Conference. 'Syzygy' is a dramatic kind of eclipse (the alignment of 3 or more celestial objects), this idea parallels with the three 3 design and advertising stars who will be headlining the event. After this 'eclipse' of speakers, the winners of the ADCE awards - would shine the day after... I think it's such a nice concept and have also included this in my recent Sketchbook for my FMP.
Last November we went on a college trip to Barcelona and I was lucky enough to get a portfolio viewing with Astrid Stavro along with Jon, Ryan and Alex. After finding the studio, mastering the maze of narrow back streets, we knocked on the door to be greeted by a male junior designer. He mentioned that Astrid had just popped out but let us in to wait. He was very friendly and told us about himself, mentioning that he hadn't long graduated himself and seemed very interested in what we were doing ourselves. The studio itself was only small, with approx. 4 macs and then the biggest and most interesting looking bookshelf I've ever seen as a division for Astrid's office and the rest of the studio.
When Astrid arrived, she was keen to show us all some of the work they did in the studio, and I soon realised that half the books in the book case were ones they'd designed. She showed us the Syzygy' work they did for ADC*E and explained the reasoning behind it. She did this for every project she showed us and we soon ended up with a mountain of work on the table it was hard to see the person sat opposite. You could see that she was eager to try and show us everything. Astrid also showed us the GridIt series of notepads she's designed and I realised that I've seen them in Magma in Manchester and liked them then :)
After that, we were then able to show Astid our own portfolio's and explain each project that we'd completed and she happily gave us advice and pointers and praise.
After that, we were then able to show Astid our own portfolio's and explain each project that we'd completed and she happily gave us advice and pointers and praise.
After hearing the horror stories of Graphic Design being a hard Industry for females to get into, it was great seeing such a great and passionate female designer being the big boss and getting mentioned in publications such as CR and DW.
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8:52 am, August 02, 2013
wow what a cool experience! lucky you!
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