The Spark for Life programme consists of 2 week paid placements at Pearlfisher’s studios during the Summer months.

Requirements:

No experience is required. We’re looking for raw talent, an inquisitive nature and big ideas. That talent can come from anywhere, all we ask is that you’re open to rolling your sleeves up and getting involved. We’re looking for people who:

• Dare to think differently

• Dare to create change

• Dare to make a difference

To apply, we simply ask you to answer a creative brief...
 

Design a poster titled, ‘I am a designer’

Things to think about

This poster is your first creative calling card for your future career.

It will tell us and others that you want to work in design. That you have creativity oozing out of your pores. You don’t know what to do with it yet but something tells you, you could make a career out of it. Winning a spot on the Spark for Life programme will give you brilliant insights, connections and ideas about what a future in the design industry looks like.

It must: Reflect your voice. It should creatively celebrate your personal and/or cultural roots through an original creative expression, communicating why you want to be a designer, or why you consider yourself a designer already.

It must not: Be in the style of an existing designer, play to clichés of design or be in the voice of someone else.

Before you begin, you should conduct research to define:

• What is design?

• Your audience - who is this poster for? Where will they see it? What do you want them to feel or do when they see it?

• Your idea - how does it answer the brief? How will it connect with your audience?

• Different design styles that will communicate your idea

Your submission can utilise any form of design to communicate your message and answer the brief. It could be:

• Typography

• Illustration

• Graffiti

• Graphics

• or any other style of your choice

What’s important is that the one you choose should reflect something from your culture, your identity or your community.

You are required to submit:

1 A3 poster

• Digital OR
• Physical (will need to provide photos of the final poster)

Proof of your research phase

• Research and process
• Audience
• Your idea
• Description of your solution

Idea & Impact
Is there a clear idea that’s immediately communicated and understood?

Creativity & craft
Is the idea well executed?

Fit for Purpose

Will the idea connect with the target audience and does it answer the brief?