This is the seventh week of my internship. This week it’s the same design work over and over again. Sometimes we feel that time goes by slowly, but then again time always passes without us realising it. Before I know it, it’s been seven weeks since I arrived here. It has been a tough but rewarding seven weeks. After such a long time, I feel like I am getting into the swing of my internship, both in terms of work and life.
This week our design department has started development for the new season and I’m excited to be involved and learn the whole process from the ground up. I was responsible for colouring a lot of sketches this week, which took me back to my student days when I used to do a lot of sketches for each project and try out the development process by trial and error. It’s also easy to run out of patience in this process. Often your style doesn’t match the brand’s and it’s impossible to make something that is completely your own and needs to fit the brand’s tone. I don’t really like that, but I know it’s a process that needs to be honed in on, not every designer can do exactly what they like, it still needs to be integrated with the market.
During the week I was very happy that I completed a lot of colouring drafts, and in the constant bonding and communication with my leader, we worked together on a small part of the work and got some recognition. If one screw-up goes wrong, it can affect the overall progress. As an employee of the company, try to get the job done as well as you can while you are a screw and then do what you can.



