OUGD602 - Contacting Caterina Bianchini

In order to try and expand my professional creative network I contacted Caterina Bianchini, a London-based graphic designer. There are many similarities between her work and my own practice, and the possibility of an internship in her studio would be a good opportunity to build on my commercial design skills and expand my portfolio.

The following message was sent via LinkedIn:

Hi Caterina,

I wanted to reach out and drop you a message because I really like what you do! I particularly love the work you did for CENTRL Office and for the Red Bull Music Academy, I thought both projects were beautiful! I'm a designer with a specialism in editorial and publication design and I've been following your studio for a while now. I would love to know if you have any internship opportunities available in your studio, or if I would be able to come and look around your studio and pick your brains about your projects and processes! I am keen to learn from such an established and influential designer such as yourself, and I think my personal design aesthetics would blend well with your current studio output. 

I am currently the Editor of NEST magazine, a small independent magazine made in collaboration with students from Leeds Arts University (nestmag.online), and I am also the designer for Shy Bairns, a northern art collective which provides a printed platform for young creatives to showcase their work (shybairns.co.uk). I primarily work within print, and my background in print processes provides me with a unique approach to digital design. 

Samples of my work and CV are available if required!

All the best,

Erin Blamire

erinblamire.com

Due to the nature of the LinkedIn platform, it was possible to see when the message had been read, however there was no reply.