Innovative Design Systems for Editorial and Digital Media
About Me
A course by Mark Porter , Designer
About the video: About Me
Overview
“Creative careers aren't always the first thing we set ourselves to do. In this lesson, I'll tell you about my background, how I became passionate about image design and communication, and how I ended up working as a designer almost by accident.”
In this video lesson Mark Porter addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Innovative Design Systems for Editorial and Digital Media. Learn how to create distinctive designs and build a recognizable brand that engages with its audience across all platforms and channels.
Partial transcription of the video
“About Me Hello, my name is Mark Porter. I'm a designer based in the UK, and I specialise in editorial and media projects. In this lesson, I'm going to tell you about my background, how I developed my love for design, images, and communication, and how I became a designer, almost by accident. As a child, I used to love drawing and painting. Picasso said every child is born an artist, and I certainly was. Most of my free time when I was young, was spent drawing and painting. In my teens, if I wasn't drawing and painting, I was playing my guitar. I was in love with art, and my teachers and my ...”
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Course summary for: Innovative Design Systems for Editorial and Digital Media
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Mark Porter
A course by Mark Porter
Mark Porter is a Scottish designer based in England. Growing up, he was always creative and spent most of his time drawing or playing the guitar, before going on to study modern languages at Oxford University. There, he illustrated for the school magazine and worked on event posters alongside his studies. After graduating, he began his career working at a magazine and, after his redesign was accepted by the editors, he landed his first professional design job.
Mark spent the next 15 years working in print before moving on to digital and TV media. He’s worked in a variety of media-based roles, from editorial design to art direction for some of the best-known magazines, newspapers, publishers, and TV networks in Europe. He was the creative director of The Guardian and has collaborated with brands including, New Statesman and The V&A Museum, as well as charities and cultural organizations.
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