My design adventure in mainland Europe has now finished. I've had some great experiences in the last nine months tasting both design education and the publishing industry in Switzerland and Germany. I've met some amazing people and learnt a lot about the industry and myself. I've learnt that I should use the three years of my degree to get the absolute most of my time as a design student. This has led me to the decision to take a year out after my exchange semester in Zurich, to gain some invaluable work experience and be better prepared for my final year at university as well as the 'real life'. After serving a three-months editorial design internship at one of Germany´s most respected newspapers, I have now returned to Bristol and will use the next few months for personal development. This basically means that I am interning at myself, trying out the life of a freelancer and making use of all the learning resources out there that I've never had time for until now. I can learn whatever I want, whenever I want and as much as I want. Something tells me that this is gonna rock!
The only thing that upsets me a little bit is that the view has changed from lovely mountains and exciting trains to victorian terraced houses and a brick wall. Ah well, can't have everything.
