International blog success for School of Design
Work by students from Victoria University‘s School of Design is gaining international exposure through design blogs, some with the number of people viewing the work in the millions.
Over the past few months, international blogs including dezeen, mocoloco and designboom have published 3D printed objects created by third-year design students.
Industrial Design student Simon Ellison has had his design featured on the prestigious design blog designboom. He submitted a piece about his 'expose‘ 3D printed desktop speakers, which was shared for thousands of followers to read.
For a student, submitting to these kinds of blogs it is probably the simplest way to gain worldwide exposure—it can lead to offers of further publication in magazines, web pages or academic papers, all of which help to get our names out in the community, says Simon.
Publication is a way in which we can prove ourselves as well as providing a base layer to our work. If a future employer asks what we have in our portfolio, chances are it will have appeared on a blog, and they will have seen it or been told about it.
In addition to featuring on international blogs and social media sites, a 3D printed cast designed by Media Design student Jake Evill gained huge mainstream media attention, including an article in The New York Daily News. Jake‘s design also appeared in Forbes online.
Ross Stevens, Senior Lecturer of Industrial Design, says as a student this kind of exposure is invaluable for employment prospects after graduation.
Other design students recently featured:
Ella Bates-Hermans, Stalk. Speakers
Jack Huston, Eclipse speaker
Joe Levy, SpoolStool
Annabelle Nichols, Stylish Cycle Safety
Casey Lin, Timbre Timber
Jack Redpath, Lone
Earl Stewart, XYZ shoe
Soyun Park, Edge rings
Pictured: Expose speakers by Simon Ellison