PERSUIT (mike perry)

hello mike

my names helen ralli, im a graphic design student at camberwell college of art in london. i was set a project whereby i had to discuss my top ten influences and as a follow on to that, get in conatct with one of them. i actually choose to write about your work as my number one influence despite not being hugely similar to my own, i very much enjoy the general aesthetic of your work, notably your hand drawn lettering.
my brief is to infact create a three minute documentary interviewing the choosen person. regardless of any other factors i realise this would prove highly challenging due to distance. i also apprieciate that you are most probably an extremely busy human being, however if you could spare a moment just to consider the possibility of making some contact even if it was perhaps just over email, it would be much appreciated indeed.
i hope all your current projects are going wonderfully and to hear from you soon.
much appreciated, helen ralli

Helen,
Thanks for the wonderful email. I would be thrilled to help you out. Please let me know what I can do. If you wanna try and figure out how to record a ichat or skype conversation I am sure that would fulfill your video requirements.
Let me know,
All my best,
Mike

that would be just great.
im going to do some investigating about skype etc and i'll get back to you asap.
also, if, by some miracle, i find myself in new york in the next couple of weeks, would it be possible to perhaps come meet you somewhere? this is unfortunatley unlikely but just in case
also shall i send you some of the work ive done recently? perhaps your interested.
thanks for getting in contact.
helen


Of course come by if you are in new york. Let me know though I am going to be doing some traveling. Also I am going to be in an art show in london in april. So I will be there.
let me know when you wanna skype and send me your details and I will try and make it work.
All my best,
Mike

I got back in contact with Mike after coming back from Berlin. He said he was traveling but would arrange an interview as soon as he had some available time. Here are the Questions I propose to ask. I sent them to him the other day in order to remind him of the interview and so he might be able to prepare for when we do film the video.

Questions:

1. Can you recall your favourite brief that you have been given?

2. How did you source all the individuals whos work makes up you book 'hand job'?

3. What/who are your top ten most dominant sources of inspiration?

4. What is your favourite typeface or character you have designed?

5. You live and work in new york, what is going on there specifically in the world of design?

6 .What does your average working day consist of?

7 .If you could change one thing about your job as an illustrator what would it be?

8. What career might you have choosen had you not been succesful at what you currently do?

9. Other than illustration and design what other things do you enjoy?

10. Who would be your dream person to collaborate with on a project?

11. How important do you think it is for a designer to have a specific individual style?

12. Ideally, what do you want to be doing ten years from now?

13. And finally, If all fonts where to be destroyed bar one, which would you save?