Introduction – The reasons why I decided to take DPS
| Visa | Career journey |
| – It’s hard to gain intern experience with student visa – Gain experience before graduate so I can use my graduate visa (18 months) useful | – Fashion (Central Saint Martins) – Interior (Fashion Institute of Technology) |
First Internship – Bay & Brown (Print Textile)
| Appealing | Unappealing |
| – Organizing Archive (Learning color palette, seasons, and styles) – Drawing (Drawing different type of styles) | – Small company (Can’t provide me visa, unstable) – Only drawing (No further steps beyond drawing, wanted hands-on craftsmanship, felt pointless after handing over my drawings to colleagues) |
Second Internship – Miss Sohee (Fashion Embroidery)
| Appealing | Unappealing |
| – Different task everyday (Different garment, client, collection, and task, entertaining and not to get boring) – Fashion show experience (Understanding industry process) – Korean Designer (Inspired how to develop traditional inspiration) | – Small company (Can’t provide me visa, unstable) – Toxic (Toxic people and environment, felt like replaceable) – Terrible work life balance (Overworking & weekend working during fashion show season, no personal life during weekday) |
Third Internship – Jaipur Rugs (Interior Textile – Rug)
| Appealing | Unappealing |
| – Big company (Can provide me visa, stable, welfare, great work life balance, connections at Chelsea Harbour Design Centre) – New client/task everyday (Entertaining and not to get boring) – Process (More than just drawing/design (Communicate with clients, choosing texture and techniques, mathematics for installation, collaboration, etc, love texture) | – Couldn’t find yet |
My improvement (Differences that I got from the beginning of the DPS year)
| 1) Lots of connection 2) Industrial friendly portfolio (Not student portfolio) 3) Realized what I like (Idea development process, make it makes sense, more than just drawing, interior textile!!!!, beauty of tradition and hand craftsmanship) |
My final year (Graduate collection)
| 1) Korean traditional focused project, drawing techniques from Bay & Brown 2) Idea development process from Miss Sohee 3) Craftsmanship and techniques from Jaipur Rugs |