Work-placement.

Sooo, back on the work front, it's been quite a while since I've had some work experience/ work in general.
Luckily I got myself a job over summer from 16th August - 15thSeptember in BOSCH's Marketing Department in their AE (AutomotiveElectronics) plant in Reutlingen, Germany.

Bosch is such a huge company, so I didn't really expect much from being put in AE/Rt NE4, their marketing department, as they obviously don't do much corporate design related work - they rather give it to outsourced agencies.

I had a really good time though and enjoyed working with their staff. It wasn't super-hard work I had to do, but it definitely was a challenge. All the stuff was mainly in English, which I was pretty happy about, being in Germany for over a months time and not speaking English - that went pretty well in the end though.

The most demanding part of my job was being correct and to know what I was doing, never really worked with super technical stuff before - I had to study a 200 slides power point presentation my very first day. I confronted myself through it slide by slide slowly but bravely - interspersed over a couple of days - and managed to get into the fields of sensors and semiconductors.
Anyway, I had a good time being back in good old Germany, and did get to design a couple of things for them as well, I've done PowerPoint presentations according to their CI, several booklets and CD covers for their further education promotion pack intended to reach university professors all over the world.

I'm afraid, I won't be able to post anything I've done online due to their copyright policy - but believe me it was nothing near a big deal anyway - considering their massive folder of corporate design, designers waste their time looking for design-freedom.

I shot the serif!

haha, that made me giggle quite a lot.

Thought it's worth a blog post!

Good ol' puns!

New attainment!

I got myself a new pair of 6.0 Nike Zoom Mogans after looking for some decent Air Mogans for months now - without any success.

They're pretty cool tho I like them.

Have a look,...

I'm liking Matts invisible lacing. Cheers for doing that mate.

Quiksilver Tony Hawk & Friends Tour - Maxïmo Park

Heading down to London to pick up two mates just to spend another couple of hours on the motorway down to Brighton to see some skater freaks and some weirdos playing music doesn't sound like fun?

Ahhh...it does! Haha.

As a birthday present for one of my mates, we were going down to Brighton to see the

Quiksilver Tony Hawk and Friends World Tour, incl. a Maxïmo Park gig down there.

After spending a ridiculous amount of time in the car and Central London, it just wouldn't stop getting less busy on the roads.

Due to the shithole some people call London and its busy rush-hour roads we actually ended up missing Tony Hawk doing amazing tricks on the biggest transportable half-pipe in europe.

But luckily we arrived just in time to get to see Maxïmo Park!

And they were amazing!

Gutted about half a birthday present,... but it was still good.

Actually managed to get an autograpgh by Sandro Dias in the end. (see last pic).

New hobby?

I actually started skateboarding a few weeks ago,

lol I know this might not even belong in this blog and definitely hasn't deserved an entry yet. But I'll do it anyway.

Just find it funny enough as it's pretty ridiculous to start skateboarding with 22?! Hah!

It's going allright, managed to keep some sort of balance on the board - I guess that's good xD

The reason that made me wanna start skating really is that I snowboard and recently started surfing too. So the only thing out of the 'package' I've left out so far is skating.

Well, not anymore.

Couple more Ollies and some Kick-turns and I'll be confident doing it I hope xD

PS: A great, big thanks to Matt there, credit where it's due. Thanks mate for being patient enough to teach me some basics and any advice you gave me.

3D Stuff, now how cool is that?

I've been interested in 3D stuff for quite a while now, I just find the method and the effect just stunning.

So I tried to create my own 3D images, it's fairly simple...

Hope you like them, it's nothing major so far, just a dry-run really...

You will need Red/Green-Glasses.

My new passion: Surfin'

I got myself a surfboard the other day, wicked times.

After I hired one with a few mates I had my first go on one and just loved it.

I've been snowboarding for several years now and definitely want to start surfing properly now. As I 'recently' moved near the sea anyway, I guess that's an amazing opportunity to start.

Here it is, check it...

My new passion: Surfin'

I got myself a surfboard the other day, wicked times.

After I hired one with a few mates I had my first go on one and just loved it.

I've been snowboarding for several years now and definitely want to start surfing properly now. As I 'recently' moved near the sea anyway, I guess that's an amazing opportunity to start.

Here it is, check it...

IPEX - Birmingham

A couple of my fellow student colleagues and friends and my humble self went to Birmingham to visit the famous IPEX Exhibition at the National Exhibition Centre Birmingham in May 2010.

IPEX © is an international recognised Design, Print, Paper, Pre-Press, Post Production and Print Finishing exhibition. Hundreds of exhibitors and stands, amazing freebies and give-aways. Especially for students.

Stunning displays and demonstrations in all sectors.

And the best thing about it, if you pre register it's FREE! Which saves you about £30 Entry Fee.

IPEX 2011 - South Asia, will be held in India

A similar exhibition is Drupa in Düsseldorf, Germany

Here's some pics,...

The road trip from cardiff to Brummy was fun too! =)

Type Sex - Durex

Here's something I stubled upon the other day, I found it quite witty and thought it's worth a blog post.

There are some things I don't like about them though, such as the wording, I think this idea did deserve something more thoughtful maybe. But anyway,... enjoy: