Virtual reality, “VR” is where I spent a lot of time this week. We are at the point of a project where our designs are coming together and going into 3D-Max – a computer rendering program, that makes our designs, “picture perfect.” Back in the day, one of the Architects and Designers tools in the …
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DESIGN SHADOW: MILLWORK PROFILES
Today for a meeting I needed to have millwork profiles – crown, base, wainscot – to start the discussion on what we call “vocabulary” of the building. These are the parts and pieces that give the building its character and personality. Luckily I have been thinking about this for sometime as we have been …
DESIGN SHADOW: PROJECT INSTALLATION
I have been silent on the blog for months now – not because I have had nothing to say, but because I have been consumed by work; mainly one installation project. My team and I literally were on site every day for 2 and half months and then at least half of the week for …
DESIGN SHADOW: PROPOSALS & CONTRACTS
This week has been an exciting week for me. I was able to pick up two more projects! What is more important is that they are two new clients; corporations/entities that we haven’t worked with before. It has been a long time in the making – building relationships and doing good work on past projects. The …
DESIGN SHADOW: SPECIFICATIONS
When I was in school, the subject we talked least about, but since being out of school I wished I had known the most about – Specifications, aka “Specs.” These documents literally become binding contracts to the designs we create and if they don’t align with your designs – your designs won’t be created per …
DESIGN SHADOW: FINISH BOARDS
Finish boards: every designer knows what these are. They are one of the “A, B, C’s” to what we do. But it always surprises me on how long it takes to get them turned out looking professional. It’s one of those things that we do that no one else understands until they have to do …
DESIGN SHADOW: FURNITURE DESIGN COMPETITION
Sandler Seating, a furniture manufacturer that I have specified their product for on projects, announced a competition. The challenge? To submit a wining chair design: a design that would expand one of their specified product lines. The prize? A one week, full expenses paid, trip to Venice, Italy to work with the manufacturer to develop …
DESIGN SHADOW: INTERNATIONAL WORK IN AFRICA, PART CINQ (FIVE)
Yesterday was a great day even though I had to wear the same clothes for from 8 am on Thursday all the way through 4:30 pm on Friday; which included an 8 hour flight during the night. A consultant of ours, who lives here in Johannesburg (J-burg) was here to pick me up from my …
DESIGN SHADOW: INTERNATIONAL WORK IN AFRICA, PART QUATRE (FOUR)
Today we – the whole team of 7 – minus one, drove to the capital of Côte d’Ivoire. This was the place we started to go when we had the bus incident. It took us about 3 hours… Blah! But it was good to see the country side and we had good conversation and fun. …
DESIGN SHADOW: INTERNATIONAL WORK IN AFRICA – PART TROIS (three)
This post is a continuous posting of a business trip to Africa. Go here for the first of the series post. Today we started the day by meeting as a group. Last night the rest of our Utah base team arrived – the lead Architect, and 3 of our consultants. With these new arrivals and the local …
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