It already looks so awful on Gresham Town Fair and Oregon Trail Center, and is way too bright in the sun… why??? I wish there was a way to stop it, it’s going to look awful.
I've been graduated as a graphic designer for a little while now, and the job market has just been hopeless. Not only is a cushy big agency job unobtainable, but touring places that are super minimalist, corporate, and, for lack of a better term, overwhelmingly modern, just seem like a creativity killer. I want to break out of doomscrolling on LinkedIn and look for the small places that aren't going to be posted there.
I currently work in a print shop that works with a lot of local businesses, but is pretty low-stakes, and works with a lot of hardware that isn't up-to-date. I don't mind that, and I would prefer to work somewhere that does a lot of smaller/simpler(?) client work for less pay but has more of a 'hole-in-the-wall' feel to it. I'm thinking places/studios like CityGraphics or Helioscope that have been doing solid work for decades and don't seem too concerned with filling a social media quota. My previous job was as a contract designer with a very small team, and I would love to return to that kind of work, in a real office... do you know of any places like this? Does what I'm looking for even make sense?