And today my hero is…
Bruce Willey.
Who is Bruce, you might ask? A co-worker, top shop dawg and all around good guy.
Why is he my hero? Well, there are dozens of reasons, not the least being all the incredible shapes he can coax from wood, foam and plastic. Or his winning smile and his constant bad jokes. But today it is for his organization of useful information. In a company of managers, directors, strategists and information specialists, he has the best record of job specifications, past and present. I found just what I needed in under five minutes, opposed to the hour long procedure of hunting through databases and archives.
And is this amazing record some magical digital spread sheet, some elaborate cross referenced system? Heck no. It consists of a rolodex and file boxes of uniform pieces of sheet metal, each with a unique color on the front and all the pertinent information written upon the back with your basic black sharpie. There is hell to pay if one of these goes missing(Bruce fears no one).
But you got to watch your fingers while rifling throungh this unique filing system. When the pieces of metal decide to slide back, cause, ow!, bruised fingertips.
Hi, Jen!
One of the things I have learned as a design student is the power of the material, and how hard it is to coax anything out of the world of abstractions into the physical world. That last stage when I produce the presentation graphics from the computer model–if that’s how I’ve been working–is always painful and slower than I expect. The material is the architect’s friend.
I don’t think you’ve said. If you can say, what is your day job?
I don’t think you’ve said. If you can say, what is your day job?
I coyly listed on my links page, under the category “the Day Job”. Anyway I work at Ziba Design which started out as purely a Industrial Design firm but is expanding. There is more about Ziba at the website–an update of which is currently being worked on.