Pulled an allnighter last week, but with good results. This week was the final (until Finals) deadline for my first credit of work. This, for me, entailed designing and building the interior of a mustache emporium. (A perk of this major, even though it's an obscene amount of work, is that we get to pitch our own project ideas.) Wednesday/Thursday was filled with last minute supply buying, printing, transportation to and from the warehouse and lots and lots of sawing. That's what I get for choosing to work in wood, and even though I know we have a lovely wood shop downstairs, but I haven't yet been trained on it. Gotta get on that.
Anyways, all is well. After c. 39 hours of consciousness I got a very positive review. It was worth it. Here's a quick picture of the resulting interior. Still needs work, but I'm proud of the result.
In other news I'm looking through the AIGA archives for inspiration for a handful of my projects. AIGA is a professional designer's club that is prominent across the nation. Our school has a University level organization where students can buy membership for significantly cheaper and get tons of benefits in terms of portfolio sharing, contacts and inspiration. One aspect of the organization that is free to non-members is the ability to browse their archives online. Just go to http://designarchives.aiga.org/ and chose either "Annual" for last year's designs or the "Archive" for everything. You can even narrow your search by a bunch of categories. Very useful. I would highly recommend even just browsing through it.
This week I have a lot of work to catch up on, but I frayed my nerves and depleted my energy pretty badly last week, so I've been moving kind of slowly. I'm not worried yet. I think I can get this done in enough time... hopefully. Keep your fingers crossed for me! Senior year is quite the thrill ride.
