ODYSSEY — 2021 Graphic Design Advanced Diploma Catalogue

FOREWORD
TAFE DESIGN ALUMNI 2018
TO
FROM
SUBJECT
Hard Drive
Andrew Reid
Thank you
Hey Hard Drive, I know we’ve had a bit of
a rocky relationship (I will never forget you
letting me down at that critical time in final
year, nor myself for not backing you up) but
it feels like we’ve been on a real odyssey
together, and I just wanted to say thanks.
As you are aware, I spent YEARS working
so f’ing hard on design (after design, after
design, after design...) for my lecturers, for
the assessments, for internships, for AWARD
school - spending *hours* trawling the
internet, books, magazines and EVERYTHING
ELSE seeking inspiration and ideas to come
up with *N*E*W* concepts. Do you know how
hard that is in today’s world? When there is
an absolute deluge of great work out there
already? Trying to be original and to stand
out? Sheeeesh. I gave it my all, and I gave my
all to you until I forgot to. Thank you for being
there and holding that space for me.
When I lived through the tides of imposter
syndrome during TAFE (and beyond) swinging
like a pendulum from, ‘I can do this!’ to, ‘What
the hell am I doing?’, you were there. As you
know, you have mainly been party to those,
‘What the hell...’ days – and as always, with
hindsight, I know I could have done more to
help you to help me. But we battled through.
I realise that sometimes I was very hard
on myself, which might have made me say
cruel things to you, hard drive. I’m sorry. But
know it’s only because you were my closest
compadre during those tricky times. I am
working hard on being kinder to myself, and
giving myself a break – but, thanks for taking
the brunt of my emotions anyway. It really
meant a lot.
ANDREW REID
Senior Designer
TwoFromTwo