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<\/a>Today, Vila talks about his experience in France.<\/p>\n\u201cAt the beginning it was very difficult for me. First, the temperature choc was hard to cope with. Then the language barrier was very high. I had learnt French for only a few months before coming to France and not many people spoke English in the school so it was very hard to understand the exercises and instructions given by the professors.\u201d But luckily enough he made a friend who was able to translate into English when he could not get what was happening. During his second year, he was in a foster family which was much better, \u201cit helped me a lot to improve my level in French.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrance was an opening experience for me, it opened my eyes to the world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI traveled in Europe and got to see many different cultures. I also did the washing up in pizzeria which both allowed me to save for my family and was an eye opener to the fact that Europeans also do struggle in their own way. Even though Europe is richer, life is nonetheless sometimes not easy.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a9 Hiek Vila<\/p><\/div>\n Vila explains that as an artist, France was an incredible source of inspiration because of the decorations, shops and boutiques that can be found everywhere. There are many people working in graphic design and an incredible amount of opportunities is given. On the contrary, the situation in Cambodia is quite different. \u201cOf course, people do like good designs but there is not a great value attached to the work of designers and creation is not really well paid. There is usually no money to pay graphic designers.\u201d<\/p>\n In Pivaut School, he learnt applied arts, typography, painting, illustration, packaging, and modeling. \u201cI also learnt a lot about the techniques and the classification of the different techniques which was both interesting and difficult. It was difficult for me because there are not enough words in Khmer to describe all the techniques. For instance, the equivalent to \u201cpainting\u201d in Khmer is the idea of drawing something so it includes different techniques such as painting and drawing.\u201d It was basically a reinforcement of all his existing knowledge enriched with new teachings.<\/p>\n On the contrary, the MJM Graphic Design School was specialization in computer graphics. For the end-of-year project, the students had to do the entire graphic material for a famous French fish canning enterprise, from the graphic charter to the packaging and the communication material such as the website or posters. I did my homework and what Vila does not tell me is that he graduated from MJM being top of his class. So I ask him why he thinks he was the one to graduate top of his class and not someone else.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it is because I work and research more than anyone. It is good but in the same time it is tricky because I receive even more tasks so it can get really exhausting. For example, I had to work on a second project for the opera of Rennes while working on the end-of-year project.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n