Author: Saki Matsuura

This week, I noticed that I’ve been feeling quite frustrated – to what / to whom / why – I’m not sure about the reason but I’ve been sensing that I might be a little burnt out recently. I decided to write them down to clear my mind, and thought I should include this in…

As I have briefly mentioned in my previous blog about the gifting, I have followed Korean pop-culture since I was very young, as there was a huge K-pop trend in Japan during the 2010s. It started with me admiring them singing and dancing, however, as I grew older I began to notice their unique and…

As I have written in the December blog, I had a chance to write a message to Blackpink’s Jennie through the gifting requested by her stylist team. Since then I have been involved in various influencer/celebrity gifting processes. At Fruity Booty the process of gifting is Most of the celebrity giftings or magazine styles are…

An important component of graphic design is how we communicate with the audience through our work and the ability to deliver the message we intend. Although I have been in a situation where my work is being presented to the public, (my high school community, UAL community, etc.) Fruity Booty customers are the largest audience…

For the CR25 campaign, I had the opportunity again to join the photoshoot site! This time was a little challenging as the creative director, Jazz was not in the country – therefore the creative team worked remotely and planned the shoot with the creatives outside of the brand. The Fruity Booty team who joined the…

To me, “Lucky” is an affirmation I’ve been practicing since my first year of university. Affected by my very worrying, always anxious state of mind, whenever I feel that way I look into the mirror and tell myself “I’m lucky and I’m grateful. Everything I’m worried about right now will be fine, everything will be…

Started brainstorming potential SIP ideas, but I’m feeling a little anxious as I only have a very superficial idea Creates the “Skills Journey Map” mentioned in the session with Lewis

There was a carbon literacy session led by the UAL Carbon Literacy team which I decided to attend as it was recommended by the tutors and I could receive a certificate! To be very honest I was not super intrigued before the session, imagining a dry lecture-like session, and I have never properly learnt about…

Since I feel like I sprinted through this first term, I wanted to take some time to reflect on my progress. I feel this first step was very courageous of me, and I’m glad I dared to do so. I think this made the term even more memorable. In the next term, I wish to…

It’s almost the end of the year and the first term! It passed by quickly, but when I think about September or October when I was so anxious about DPS and started interning, it feels like a long ago. I wanted to write about my end-of-the-year reflection and what I’ve been up to, now that…