The Long Awaited Update
It's been a while since my last post, and it's about time for an internship update! I have spent the last two and a half months at ID/Architecture, an interior design and architecture firm, about fifteen minutes away from my house. I spend about five hours a week, doing various different things, from organizing the sample library filled with hundreds of samples, returning color swatches, helping create project boards, going on project site visits, and helping out wherever I can.
Some of my favorite experiences to date have been accompanying our designers on job site visits. On these trips, I have gotten to tour spaces that are potential projects for us, buildings in construction, and completed spaces. I have learned that a lot more goes into designing a space, than your initial design on paper or on a screen. There are a lot of logistics that need to be seen in person, in order to understand the space you are in. The design process before beginning construction on a site can be very tedious and time consuming. The first layout you make, most likely won't be the final design plan executed, many drafts are made and proposed to the tenant owners before construction begins. Even thought I don't work on design plans myself, I see that it can sometimes be a challenging task.
Another job that I enjoy helping out on, is creating project design boards, that we present to clients. Our boards consist of a picture of the project design, and samples of all the materials we plan to use in the project such as paint, tile, and wall bases. I find it really enjoyable to match different colors and materials that fit the design plan best. This is definitely something that I hope to help out with more in the future.
Some of the less enjoyable projects I have been tasked with have been stuffing folders and returning color swatches. But even in tedious jobs like those, I enjoy, because as an intern i'm glad to help out in any way that I can. Contributing to that, the people and the work environment of the office, make everything I work on enjoyable, because all of the employees and designers are so kind, and love sparking conversation.
I'm looking forward to seeing what the rest of the year brings, and all of the various experiences that I will encounter!
"Design is not what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."
-LH
Some of my favorite experiences to date have been accompanying our designers on job site visits. On these trips, I have gotten to tour spaces that are potential projects for us, buildings in construction, and completed spaces. I have learned that a lot more goes into designing a space, than your initial design on paper or on a screen. There are a lot of logistics that need to be seen in person, in order to understand the space you are in. The design process before beginning construction on a site can be very tedious and time consuming. The first layout you make, most likely won't be the final design plan executed, many drafts are made and proposed to the tenant owners before construction begins. Even thought I don't work on design plans myself, I see that it can sometimes be a challenging task.
Another job that I enjoy helping out on, is creating project design boards, that we present to clients. Our boards consist of a picture of the project design, and samples of all the materials we plan to use in the project such as paint, tile, and wall bases. I find it really enjoyable to match different colors and materials that fit the design plan best. This is definitely something that I hope to help out with more in the future.
Some of the less enjoyable projects I have been tasked with have been stuffing folders and returning color swatches. But even in tedious jobs like those, I enjoy, because as an intern i'm glad to help out in any way that I can. Contributing to that, the people and the work environment of the office, make everything I work on enjoyable, because all of the employees and designers are so kind, and love sparking conversation.
I'm looking forward to seeing what the rest of the year brings, and all of the various experiences that I will encounter!
"Design is not what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."
-LH
