Written by: vinnyteee

Weird quirks of designers: things I’ve noticed

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November 2, 2013
1. Designers will use one of the following to differentiate items within a line of text: // . | x 2. They like having good product photography. That might include taking pictures of pets …

Design School . . . what?

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November 2, 2013
One of the main things that has struck me about CMU is their two-folded approach to both functionality (training designers professionally) and philosophy (helping designers design for "the good"). However, sometimes it seems like …

Things that I’ve seen change about me since I’ve entered design/grad school

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November 2, 2013
1. I dress better (or at least I'd like to think so). 2. I wear darker colors generally (yay designer stereotypes). 3. I eat better (woo off-campus lifestyle). 4. I have more intellectual conversations …

We’ve come too far to give up who we are

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August 8, 2013
I finished up my last-ish week at Naterra and while I've had my ups and downs in this internship, I was sad to leave. The art director was out of the office for the …

Lovin’ the livin’

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July 31, 2013
A surprisingly fast week, I felt like I finally started to really enjoy working. I've had more downs than ups with this internship but I really started to feel like I "fit" in this …

H-Town

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July 31, 2013
It was a hectic week filled with driving, dear ones, and DNA. I drove to Houston early Saturday to spend the week prepping for VILD's Submerged Opening Reception. Everything went well overall, with some …

Struggle City

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July 22, 2013
As with any job there are ups and downs. I seemed to be riding the down roller coaster this week, struggling with some difficult dynamics. -- As a young professional about to go into …

Side Project: Designing Your Resume

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July 9, 2013
Trying out Jessica Hische's philosophy of side projects, I seized an opportunity to make more of a simple lesson. I received an email asking me recommendations on how to better design a resume. Combining …

Back to work

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July 9, 2013
This week was a drag. Partially because one of the largest projects I was working on got killed. Partially because I was sleep deprived most of the week because I was still in vacation …

If Texas and Cali had a baby: Texali? Calias?

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July 5, 2013
Disclaimer: All views and opinions expressed in this entry are my own and are not meant to be offensive. I think it would be unfair of me to lump Northern and Southern California into one …

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