Aspirational Graphic Design: Create a Better Future
About Me
A course by Nathan Smith , Designer and Art Director
About the video: About Me
Overview
“I’m Nathan Smith, I come from Cornwall, UK, and have been working in London both in studios and freelance for the likes of GBH, 2xElliott, 4Creative, and London College of Fashion. So far, the lesson that has stuck with me the most is to remember the human element in everything we create and do. That, and that there is always potential to make your own opportunities and luck.”
In this video lesson Nathan Smith addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Aspirational Graphic Design: Create a Better Future. Turn principals into actions and use poster design as a tool to inspire positive change in the world.
Partial transcription of the video
“U1L1 About Me Hi, I'm Nathan Smith. Thank you for joining me on this course. I'm a designer. I originally grew up in Cornwall in the UK. It's a very beautiful, rural, coastal area of the UK, but design wasn't such a known thing down there. My family didn't work in the creative industry, but they all always had creative hobbies. My mum did things like writing and pottery, my dad with his photography. Even the things that were not necessarily seen as creative, they had a creative outlook on everything they did, even the stuff not typically seen as arty. I remember my grandfather had this shed...”
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Course summary for: Aspirational Graphic Design: Create a Better Future
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Category
Design -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
3D Design, Art Direction, Branding & Identity, Design, Graphic Design
Nathan Smith
A course by Nathan Smith
Nathan Smith is a designer and art director from Cornwall, UK. Despite not being exposed to graphic design growing up, he became fascinated by it at a young age. Nathan went on to hone his craft whilst studying at university before moving to London where he worked on multiple work placements. There, through personal side projects, he discovered an appreciation for creating work with a purpose beyond profit.
Now freelance, he has collaborated with brands including Gregory Bonner Hale, 2xElliot, 4Creative, and London College of Fashion. He has been awarded and recognized by organizations such as D&AD, Design Museum Designs of The Year, The Guardian, and CNN.
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