The branding guide project was the main goal of graphic design 2, we started by making a fake client and creating brand material for it. My project was a shipping brand called "Trebuchet Transport". Throughout the project we got to go back and forth with a mentor graphic designer who would review our work and give constructive feedback. Overall the project taught me about how to make useful designs and how to itterate well.
Getting to work with a mentor made a huge difference when designing. It wasn't like he told us what to do. Instead, it was more like he just helped us find what direction we wanted to go in, and dissuade us from common pitfalls. While the project would have been doable without a mentors help, it let us see how an expert thinks and how to improve our decent base into something great.
