Hey friends,

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts."

-Anonymous

It's been a while since i have updated you guys on how my internship has been going, so here's a brief update.

 I've been working at ID/Architecture for nearly four weeks now, and I'm loving almost every moment of it. The people in the office are such nice genuine people, with huge hearts for what they do, and the clients that they work with. Since my first day, I have been helping all the designers out in any way that I can. My main job has been to help organize the library, where we keep all of our product samples; from fabrics to furniture, flooring to tiles, and lots and lots of paint! I never knew there were so many shades of taupe! Aside from helping sort and organize our sample library, one of my favorite things is to watch the designers through the process of laying out and designing each of their different projects. Projects that we work on rage all different sizes and timeframes. We work on small accounts like elevators and restrooms, to designing massive building facades and lobbies. 

Last week I had the amazing opportunity to get a tour of a finished job site that one of our designers had just completed. When I was first presented with the offer to come visit the site, I was completely stoked to see the final product of something that many people had been working very hard on. The project was an old technology office building, that we had converted into a huge modern functional multi use office space. Some of my favorite parts of this building, were the fact that all the walls had been knocked down, and the entire space was opened up and flooded with natural light. The coolest part of the building was the outdoor space provided in the back. I learned that a lot of the new companies are trying to compete with big top dog corporations like Apple and Google, who have created a lot of different ammentities for their employees to enjoy while not working. This particular building had a basketball court outside, along with a horse shoe pit, outdoor tables, a barbecue and even a nice garden. That sounds like my kind of work place! I learned so much from my few hours spent at this newly completed property, and I really hope that I will have many more opportunities like this in my future! 

-LH