11/4

what

The exhibit design group took our trip the Gallery 5 to meet with Amanda concerning to space. We gave her a brief run down of what we planned on doing. She suggested that we try and get the veggie bus to also come to Gallery 5 for First Friday. The space gets lots of foot traffic and the veggie bus would be a very welcome addition to the street. That is currently in the works still though. The group also made a trip to two different local printers, Keith Fabry and Biz Port, to get price quotes. They ended up coming out nearly the same though as far as we can tell currently. I also tried contacting the Border for info on parking the bus in there lot but no one ever seems to be there when I try.

so what

Today was our first experience with a printer, which is probably one of the most important aspects of a print designers career. But we really aren’t doing anything that most students wouldn’t experience. We located a full color CAD printer, like what architects would print plans on. We plan to try and use this for larger signs and I don’t have any experience with a color CAD printer like this so I am interested in the results. Meeting with Amanda was a good experience with dealing with a private space and any logistics that go with it. Even just trying to get in contact with the Border owners for a quick question has proven to be a more complex aspect then I could imagine.

now what

One thing I did learn for the future from printing is definately get a quote as early as possible. It took a few days for one printer to get back to us with a quote and the other slightly longer. Same goes for setting up the event with Amanda so early. When we talked to her we learned that we got pretty lucky to be able to use the space and just slipped in. It would be booked next month and the month after.