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Edexcel BTEC - Case Studies

Posted on Wed, 05 December 2007 17:39:22

Meet the Learner…

Mat Lazenby

Age: 31

Occupation: Joint founder and graphic designer at Lazenby Brown
Left academic education: After GCSEs, aged 16 in 1992 followed by two years at York College where he completed a BTEC in Art & Design .....

Defining moment: Being selected by Channel 4 viewers and Design Week readers to
represent young people at The Creative SummitCase studies

Meet the Parent… John Lazenby

“Mat’s been really keen on art and graphics since he was about 11 or 12. He was always
creating images of things that sparked his imagination – like making posters of his
favourite bands.When he was a teenager and we were at a restaurant, Mat would say to
the staff: ‘These menus aren’t very good, would you like me to design you some better
ones?’ He’s certainly never been shy about asking the right questions; I suppose that’s one
of the keys to his success.

Mat would have gone to university, but he was offered a job as a result of what he did on awork experience placement at a design company and he hasn’t looked back. He wasalways much better at the more creative subjects at school and as he wanted to get into graphic design we thought that practical experience was really important for his future.

I’m extremely proud of Mat’s achievements; he’s got a great job and he’s very happy so I don’t think either his mother or I would have wanted to change the route he took to getting where he is today.”

“We thought that practical experiencewas really important for his future”



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