Post #1 - What is going on?!

In February 2020, little did we know about the pandemic. However, a couple of months later everything shut down - including University.

Feeling not only agitated but also worried and confused, students and professors spent a few weeks figuring out how to proceed with the studies. Under normal circumstances, I would have submitted a printed edition of my bilingual glossary which I wanted to produce with Lucy, a MA Graphic Design student, with professional pictures taken in the Fashion Studio. However, we had to come up with a totally different approach in order to be able to submit the project online. The quality of the piece of work, of course, was the same but the joys of working on a collaborative practice via Zoom was not even close to doing it in real life.

Although it was hard and challenging, we both worked very well together and were able to present a fabulous website where the glossary was displayed. Not only we produced it to be graded as a project, but also to be developed in the future as an educational tool for institutions and students from Spain who are keen on learning the vocabulary of fashion.

Due to covid, I started working from home and my social life ended in a blink. Since I had to do the dissertation under covid circumstances, which meant being at home 24/7 and in front of the screen, I felt that my creativity was diminishing little by little and I really struggled to focus on the MA.

I tried to find ways to develop my creativity and, therefore, I started learning Photoshop and InDesign on my own. This allowed me to submit a good dissertation both content and creative wise by turning the dissertation into a magazine. Not only did I enjoy learning these skills, but it also helped me to dissociate work from leisure and find some creativity amongst so much darkness and uncertainty.