I recently received a reply to my original set of emails sent out in March from Creative Review's Art Director, Paul Pensom. After sending the email, I realised I probably hadn't sent it to the appropriate person in the company and that it would probably just be sat unread amongst his spam emails. However, he replied with some great advice and I am really pleased that he thinks redesigning existing magazines is a good idea, as I was wanting to write my own brief and produce some editorial designs over the summer period. Here was the email:
Hello Nichola and thanks for your kind words. If editorial design is the direction you wish to take I recommend that you read all you can on grids and magazine typography (grid systems by Muller Brockman is an excellent place to start) and start to redesign some of your favourite magazines as self-initiated briefs. If you send this work to the relevant magazines that interest you it will be an excellent way to let them know that you are really interested in them, and may help you to gain an internship.
Hope this helps.
Best,
Paul
