comments from people in the FdA studio we were using

I am intrigued by what you arr doing

mmmmm the International Style is very is formulated by rules;

The use of the Grid System,
San Serif Typefaces,
Black and white photography taking place of computer imagery.
It all has a very structured and uniform look to it, also many variations have coloured shapes introduced.
I really like the style of working you ar edoing as its quite simplistic and clean but effective and it doesn't give a lot of maneuverability or flexibility for error and major mistakes until the work they were doing.