Sometimes the best brief you’ll ever get comes from a room full of five-year-olds. Last week, Rebecca and Emily swapped The Warehouse for the classroom, heading over to Brierley Hill Primary School to talk to a group of brilliant Year One students about creative careers for kids and what life as a graphic designer actually looks like.
And the kids did not disappoint. They’d done their homework, come prepared with some genuinely cracking questions, and were absolutely full of enthusiasm. Special mention, though, has to go to Emily’s cat costume, which stole the show entirely and may have upstaged the entire presentation. No shame in that.
Emily put together a presentation that broke down what we do at Eighty3 into fun, simple ideas that even 5 and 6 year olds could get their heads around and get properly excited about. Watching their faces light up as they got to grips with the design process was one of those moments that reminds you exactly why you do what you do. Graphic design shapes everything around us, from the cereal box on the breakfast table to the logo on a school jumper, and getting kids to see that early feels important.
Visits like this are more than a nice day out. They’re a chance to show the next generation that creative industries are real, exciting, and very much on their doorstep. Brierley Hill has bags of talent, and if we can play even a small part in nurturing that, we’re absolutely here for it.
Who knows? We might have just met a few future Eighty3 team members. Watch this space.
