Build Talk 2
http://studio.build/
The other week we had a talk of Micheal from Build, today we have a talk from another member of the team called Nicki, this is part of the Girl in Design Day at uni.
Always wanted to be making things/creative, went to Liverpool uni, designed work for the working in porcoess show at uni,.
Left college wanted to be a children book illustrator, but terrified after leaving so got a job worked at the job for a few years creating 2D animation, have to do terrible jobs at times. Lead artists on the PlayStation game Wipe-out, became a games artist focusing on project management and organizational work, managed teams ect. Take oppuitntly even if they dont' seem grate at first, can work out really well. After loads of game design as it was too crazy and hectic design to go traveling, needed to take a break for the work and busy life style, left job and went off for 10 mouths forgot the world of design and game to soak up the experince.
After traveleling decided to go to london, felt like the had to go to lodnon to make their name. Started off small, in their house whilst nicki was working in sony to rbing in the money whilst msichale set up the buiness, had to go out get work, do free stuff to buy portfoil. Took from 2001 - 2006 to build Build into a big enough project to run along with her side job. Build started on thier dinning tabel in their flat, then grew over the years to a whole room then to a studio.
About 3 years ago they wanted to come back up north, hard to make plans to move, the project are at point where they wont take anymore on and fire the others. But this happened suddenely for them as their designer handed their notices in, very project delayed the moving more and more. Hard to roaginse a team with client and delayed briefs, so they had to make a sudden hard desison to not take work adn just focus on moving.
Nicki job title is - Co-founder and Business Director, Micheal is the designer and she does everything else, not always but some times.
ask - what are you planning, what do you want to be, what are, what do you need, time frame
BUDGET IS ALWAYS ON ISSUE, NEVER HAD A BRIEF WITHOUT BUDGET ISSUES
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