In late November Woods Creative designer Luke spent a morning with Papamoa College students sharing his experience in the graphic design field at the College Careers Day.

Starting out with some background on who he is, Luke delved into the exciting world of design with some games, examples of work and some snapshots on what it is actually like working as a graphic designer.

Towards the end of the morning students were given a chance to design a name and logo for a ficticious Early Childhood Centre. In 30mins the students gave their best shot at putting their ideas on paper and communicating why their design fits what the centre is all about.

“To Mr Thomas’ Technology class: Amazing ideas class! 30mins is a very short time for a name and logo design, but you ran with it and came up with some very unique and creative ideas, some which really impressed me. Some ideas showed a little more thought than others. The design process is simply a muscle that needs to be continually trained and exercised to get better. I wish you all the best for your interests in the creative fields and hope you can find what you really love to do and give it your best. Thanks class.”

– Luke Thompson