To evaluate my time working at Mirjam Rouden studios, I found the experience there very valuable and interesting. It was exciting and very interesting to get to know how an everyday studio works and how they go about printing samples and sending to clients. It was very helpful to see how everything is done and ho they go from the very beginning point to managing the clients in a business sense all the way through to sending the actual prints to customers. I found that this time spent within this studio has given me experience I will never forget, and will help me within the industry because i found at particular moments throughout my time that the opinions and thoughts amongst the interns, who were younger and obviously less experienced then the employees, was very different and almost in contrast to that of the employees, who clearly have more of an eye for what sells and what clients want and will be interested in, as well as the kind of trends that will be fore coming, making them much more knowledgable in forecasting new trends that we should print designs for.

Working with Mirjam was not exactly ideal at times as we were left to do repetitive tasks quite often and a lot of us seemed to get quite bored and people would leave early then allowed and generally take advantage of the freedom we were given, but as i was working more closely with the employees, I was needed to do certain tasks that may have differed everyday so I felt that i was a more valued intern then maybe some of the others who were just made to do drawings all day every day.

In conclusion, I am pleased that I have had the opportunity to work with Mirjam as it has expanded my knowledge of the textiles side of my degree, but now that I have some information and knowledge and experience in that area, I would be more inclined to now pursue a more fashion-based internship as I believe this will teach me new and different things, offering me a whole new and exciting experience.

Sophie Chiesa