I went with a small group of classmates on hotspot visits to two local designers in Dundee to get interviews and inspiration for our new blogs. First we visited Andy Rice of Not Just Design whom I found very knowledgeable and inspiring. Not Just Design is situated in the DCA and Andy and a small team of designers work there. Andy has done a large variety of projects and has even been to Antarctica to do a project which he said was amazing - what an opportunity! When we met him he was on the last day of a large design project which was a bar and eating establishment called The West House, he had designed the entire look of the bar and had sourced one of a kind items, he took us to see it the day before it opened and although there was the last minute chaos e.g. doors being put on the wrong way! we could see how it was all coming together and looking beautiful. I love the effort he went to to source his materials and the ideas the he had. Andy had so much passion and talked a lot, we hardly had to ask him a question because he was already sharing all his knowledge and clearly was just happy to teach us up and coming designers. I came away overloaded with information and feeling like I could do anything if I tried hard enough and it was definitely possible to be successful in Dundee.

Andy Rice says:

"If you Want it just make it happen"