It has been a long time ago when I put something on my blog (again). I’ll split my story in two posts for the sake of readability.
The reason that I lacked my posting ratio is I’ve been busy, very busy. Last week was the final week of school, and I had two presentations and had to deliver some reports. It was crazy, but I think I’ve finished everything successfully. I still have to wait for the results for two of them. In the weekend there were a lot of party’s going on and the weather was beautiful. I spend my time sitting in the park with my homies and go to student activities for one last time. Most of the students left last weekend to work or go back to their hometown, so the student life is done here. Luckily, some people I met are going to stay in Eskilstuna, so I have some company this month. I’ll post my plans in the next post, but first I’ll show you what I’ve done for the last couple of weeks.
Information design project
the main thing I was doing was an 8 week long project. This was a group project, so working with Swedish people, and this was a great experience. The last week was kind of hectic, making the final document and the presentation.
the overview of the blast furnace and the sign placed next to it
A close up of the sign.
An illustration of the Blast furnace process.
the lay out of the sign
The illustrations were made by Sophia, the illustrator in our group. Most of them where made in the evening we spent in school, so I was great we could finish this at the time. The presentation two days after was in Norberg, where New Lapphyttan is located. The customer was Swedish, so the final documents and presentation was in Swedish. I helped to make a set up of the documents and did some photoshop work in the end. Overall in this project I was responsible for the group management and the conceptual thinking.
Graphic design course
As a last moment choice I joined a graphic design course. Like I said in my previous post, it was a long time ago when I worked serious on this subject, so this was a great opportunity to brush up my skills.
We had to make a folder informing about an innovative project and as a second assignment a book layout. I think the first one is self explanatory, so here some pics:
Back and front
the inside of the folder
For the PDF, click here. I also made an book layout, but it’s kind of boring to show here. It’s all about alignment, layout and typography. Click here if you want to see it.
So this is what I’ve been doing lately. I still feel kind of sad when I think about that my exchange study is officially over. It was a great experience, and Sweden is a great place to do your study. If I have the chance I will definitively do an exchange study again. But no worries, it’s not over yet. I have a lot of plans for the coming weeks!
