WORK!

Hello all,

Biked into work this Tuesday!

Very fun. The view was incredible. Most of the ride was along rivers, and the rest was picturesque countryside and small towns. I rode with my new boss, Andy, and we kept a pretty good pace. The ride is about 40km from Central Station and it took about 1:20 minutes. Hoping to ride in a bit as the weather is finally getting nicer.


So work has been pretty fun so far, I am on good projects and learning a lot as always. It’s hard to describe without giving too much specifics as the projects are secret until they come out later, but I can try. For the most part, my job is to come up with tons of ideas for how to design something. Then my bosses pick one of the directions and we flush it out together. I am currently doing some special footwear packaging, a showroom space, some logos, and helping with the re-design of NikeTown, London. Each of the projects start out with some brainstorming around the general direction we want to take and then hopefully grow into something cool within those parameters.

When things are done and in the marketplace I can put them online.

The general work environment is cool, and small; we have about 10 Designers and Architects working under 4 Directors. I am primarily working on Sportswear with a Creative Director and 3D Designer. We sit in an open area with a bunch of desks and people are always in and out on photoshoots and vacations. I hope to go on lots of both☺
I am still getting the hang of everything and figuring out where I fit in, but I feel like I have made some good contributions already.

Here are some pictures of Nike Europe, it is a totally green campus, built by the inventor of Cradle to Cradle Architecture Michael McDonough.

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/05/mcdonough_slideshow200805?slide=15



- Brian