小中学生が取材に来てくれました
季節はすっかり夏。暑い日が続きますがいかがお過ごしでしょうか。
さて先日、昨年に引き続き今年も地域の小中学生が弊社へ職場取材に来てくれました。
はじめに来ていただいたのは茨城町立明光中学校２年生の生徒さんたち。
授業の一環で町の仕事人図鑑を作るとの事で取材に来てくれました。
グラフィックデザインってどんな事をするの？仕事にやりがいを感じた時はどんなときですか？など、色々と質問を考えてきてくれて、これまでの経験や実際に手がけた仕事を思い出しながらお話しさせて頂きました。
取材の後、ことばをマークにしてみよう！というワークショップを用意。
１つの言葉をきめ、そこからビジュアルを考えることにチャレンジしてもらいました。ことばをパッと決めすぐに形する子や丁寧に考えペンを進める子など、取り組み方にも個性が感じられました。
完成後、それぞれが考えた言葉とマークに込めた意味を発表してもらいました。ありがとうの言葉をプレゼントの箱で表現したり、自分の推しをテーマにキャラクターを作り出したりと、表現の幅を感じられました。
伝えたいことを考え形にしていくことは、デザインだけに関わらず、様々なものに通じるかと思います。
そのことの大切さを忘れずにいて欲しい、というお話しをさせて頂きました。
そして翌日は、大戸小学校の6年生が取材に来てくれました。
中学生とはまた違った、良い意味で遠慮のない質問をどんどん投げかけてくれてと楽しかったです。
中でも、写真を使ったポスターを形にする際お金はどのくらいかかるのですが？との具体的な質問も。
一つのものを作りあげるのに、カメラマン・コピーライター・撮影の現場で動いて頂く方、印刷所の方々などたくさんのプロが関わっている事、そしてその人たちにお願いするには費用がかかる事をきちんとお答えさせて頂きました。
今回取材に来てくれた子供たちが、将来デザインやクリエイティブの道へ進んでくれるといいな…と思います。
明光中学校、大戸小学校の皆さん、ありがとうございました。
Elementary and Junior High School Students Came to Interview Us at Work
Summer is here. How are you doing in these hot days?
Now that elementary and junior high school students have started their summer vacation, they came to our company to cover their workplaces!
First of all, students from Meiko Junior High School in Ibaraki came to interview us because they were going to make a "Workers of the Town" illustrated book as part of their class. What does graphic design do?
When do you find your work rewarding? They came to us with a variety of questions in mind, and we talked with them as we recalled our past experiences and the work we have actually done.
After the interview, we prepared an experience called "Let's make a mark with words! We prepared an experience called "Let's make a word into a mark! The way the children tackled the task showed their individuality, with some quickly deciding on a word and immediately making it into a shape, while others carefully thought out their ideas and proceeded with their pens. After the completion of the mark, they presented the words they had thought of and the meanings they had put into the mark. The range of expression was evident, from expressing the word "thank you" in the form of a gift box to creating a character based on the theme of one's own guess.
I think that thinking about what you want to convey and giving shape to it can be applied to a variety of things, regardless of design. I told the students that I wanted them to keep this in mind.
The next day, sixth graders from Oto Elementary School came to interview us. We had a lot of fun with the students, who asked us many questions without restraint in a positive sense, which was different from junior high school students. Among the questions, one specific question was, "How much does it cost to make one poster with a photo? Some of them asked specific questions such as "How much does it cost to make one poster with a photo?
I told them that it takes many professionals to create one poster, including photographers, copywriters, on-site workers, and printers, and that it costs a certain amount of money to hire all these people.
We hope that the children who came to the school for this interview will go on to pursue graphic design in the future.
Thank you very much, Meiko Junior High School and Oto Elementary School.
