Adventures in Design…

… changing the world one sketch at a time …

Finals are over. A pretty tiring experience. I got everything done though.

I won’t be going back to SCAD until next fall. I recently interviewed for an internship position at Husqvarna, an outdoor products maker. I got offered the position, and accepted, and will be starting in January. I’m excited; I’m going to be sketching up tons of concepts, researching human factors and ergonomics issues, presenting ideas to marketing, collaborating with experienced designers, and just learning A LOT in general. Can’t wait! I’m going to miss SCAD though. I’ve spent more time at the industrial design building in the past year than I have anywhere else.

Because I’m not coming back to SCAD next quarter, I had to move all my stuff out of my room. Normally, at the end of the school year students are given until 5 pm the day after last day of classes to get moved out. But for winter quarter, they only gave me until noon the day after classes. I was packing for 7 hours and still didn’t get everything out on time. My RA was really cool about it though, and I ended up getting more time. I left at a reasonable 3 pm. It was still really tiring.

I had to pack again for my trip back home to Lebanon. That was easier though. Hardest thing was making sure that anything fragile was sufficiently padded with clothes to prevent damage. I’m getting better at this packing thing! Still not my favourite thing to do though.

Now I’m at the airport in Atlanta, waiting at the gate for my flight to JFK airport in New York City. I managed to avoid wireless internet fees by using my phone as a bluetooth modem (I have an unlimited data plan from AT&T). Setting it up was confusing, but it worked! Gotta love my brother’s new MacBook. The connection is kinda slow. I wonder why my HSDPA enabled handset isn’t getting blazing fast 3G speeds. Ah well, at least I’m online.

Here’s me being exhausted from one of the most stressful weeks of my life, waiting a the gate so I can fall asleep reading Don Norman’s “Design of Everyday Things” on the flight to NYC. Taken, of course, with the built-in iSight on my brother’s MacBook. Hi y’all!