42 Collaborative Creation & Studying Design w/ @selnea

This week we chat with friend and fellow former design student Selena about her experience studying an Honours year of graphic design, starting a design studio with friends, and trying to start a design career in the real world.

For timestamps of what we discuss, keep scrolling!

⭐QotW! How have you been staying creative at home?

Share your thoughts with us on Instagram, in the comment section of the YouTube version of this episode, DM us on Facebook, or feel free to send us a digital letter - that’s an email to [email protected] .

Don't forget next episode of Club Scene CHATROOM will air next week, same day, Thursday on YouTube, Spotify, Apple & Google Podcasts, and everywhere else we're distributed!! https://chatroom.simplecast.com

A huge thank you to Selena for joining us for this episode! 
You can check her out → @selnea
And here → @amici.studio
https://amici.studio/

jo + ro

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⌛✨In this episode:

2:15 Introduction to Selena!

2:40 Why Selena chose to study an Honours year of graphic design

4:41 What do you have to do to apply for Honours?

6:25 The flexibility of your design research focus

7:12 Selena's chosen research focus & how it changed

12:27 What Selena designed!

13:23 A shrine to One Direction

15:08 A book about an Art Deco McDonalds

16:55 A BYO-clothing screen printing workshop

20:38 Would you recommend honours to anyone considering?

22:43 POTW: 🦋Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing Support Service

24:50 Starting a design studio: Studio Amici

27:45 First client projects as Amici

31:40 How Amici operate now as a 6-part team

33:30 Branding Amici

34:32 What has been your proudest moment with Amici? / The beauty of working collaboratively

37:17 Post-uni and in trying to build a design career

37:48 Designing for Voiceworks Magazine

43:40 Some advice for young designers

46:04 A bit on the allure of working in a studio

47:19 QOTW: ⭐How have you been staying creative at home?

48:00 🥴Random Recommendation

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🤝RESOURCES From This Week's Episode 
All of these organisations have resources freely available online, from helpful information pages to online chatrooms 💞There is no shame is speaking out and reaching out for help.

Lifeline - 24/7 Crisis support. We're here to listen. Every 30 seconds, a person in Australia reaches out to Lifeline for help. We are a national charity providing all Australians experiencing emotional distress with access to 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention services. We exist so that no person in Australia has to face their darkest moments alone. Call 13 11 14. You can also text 0477 13 11 14 from 6pm to midnight! https://www.lifeline.org.au/

🦋Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing Support Service 
It's important to prioritise your mental health during the coronavirus pandemic. For easy access to a broad range of supports from online wellbeing tips, self-help tools to phone counselling from trained mental health professionals and peer to peer support visit coronavirus.beyondblue.org.au. @Beyond Blue

💞For young people in so-called 'Australia'!

Kids Helpline - For anyone age 5-25 Anytime. Any Reason. https://kidshelpline.com.au/

Headspace Mental health and wellbeing support, information and services to young people aged 12 to 25 years and their families. If you’re based in Australia and going through a tough time, Headspace can help. https://headspace.org.au/
→ Yarn Safe 💛 https://headspace.org.au/yarn-safe/

💞Queer Support Hotlines!

QLife (Aus) Free telephone and web chat support for LGBTIQ individuals, their friends and family. 1800 184 527 (3pm to Midnight, 7 days a week) https://qlife.org.au/

The Trevor Project (US/ Online chat is globally available!) Our trained counsellors are here to support you 24/7. If you are a young person in crisis, feeling suicidal, or in need of a safe and judgment-free place to talk, call the TrevorLifeline now at 1-866-488-7386. https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

👉Selena's random recc: Josie and the Pussycats (preferably a sans-phone viewing) 
Watch on Stan if in 'Aus'!

👉Ro's random recc: Whatever I Want podcast by FlexMami 
Listen on Spotify 

👉Jo's random recc: AIGA Zine - What They Don’t Teach You in Design School

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