I am a BA Womenswear student at LCF. When I'm not busy designing you'll probably find me wandering around brick lane, a museum (the V&A is my favourite!) or in my flat cooking up some new concoction. This summer I will be writing a series of recipes for Commonplace while preparing for my final year at LCF.
Having so much amazing art and design practically on your doorstep.
As much as I think London's public transport is convenient, rush hour makes it a little hell on earth.
Great industry links and also the LCF graduate shows were so inspiring to me. I wanted to be a part of that.
Independent study, its a learning curve, but you get there in the end.
That there's really no need to be so nervous. The mixture of people in London is so diverse, especially at UAL. It's been so great to meet so many different yet like minded people on my course. Leaving home is strange at first, but London has a way of very quickly making you feel at home.
Not exactly a secret, but on sunny days, London Fields is a great place for a barbecue. If you live in East London and don't have much time to be travelling further out to the bigger parks, its nice for an impromptu barbecue with friends.
1. Work hard. It's such a great opportunity to study at UAL, and the best time to really push yourself and explore your chosen subject before you graduate and have to think about making work for other people. This is your time to make work for you without feeling like you have to please anyone else, except maybe your tutors. But hopefully they too will be encouraging you to push yourself and discover who you are as an artist or designer.
2. Budget. I find it hard to stick to a budget sometimes because London can be expensive and its so tempting to just not worry and spend, spend, spend! But in the long run you'll be thanking yourself.
3. Make the most of your time in London. On my course theres a lot of pressure to do masses and masses of work. Which is good, and fine, but don't forget to make time for exploring the city and all it has to offer. Don't see it as a distraction from your work, which is easy to do if like me your course is so intense, but as a chance to find new inspiration and be in a good frame of mind for creating your work.