become an interior designer

i had an interview at a design firm a few days ago. it went really well. hopefully it goes somewhere, if not it was good practice!

i am coming back to the idea of my side business that i wanted to do a billion years ago. i am working on a few ideas. now to create the branding! (easier said than done) i wish this class was over so i could start NOW!!

Waiting for my cards….of course I have redesigned 5 times them since then! I hope they are here in the next few days because I (accidently) came across a huge design event at the convention center that I had managed not to hear of until now. It is put on by DWELL, and it is 3 full days, starting friday.

I called my design buddy who said that she is volunteering friday, but I have to work. So I signed up for tickets anyways and am planning on going with her Saturday morning for a while, or maybe for a while on Sunday by myself.

This will be an extremely good opportunity to network. Last time I wanted to go volunteer at an event and no one could go with me, I just went by myself. (gutsy for me!) I got paired up with a girl who was about to start design school at UCLA, when I had just started myself at a school nearby. This was over 2 years ago, and she is my design buddy. Since then we have painted all the design towns a bright color of ‘fuschia’ as she likes to say, with all of our design trips.

I decided that the best thing to do at this point in my career is to attend as many design events as possible and talk talk talk and tell EVERYONE that I am looking for work! At least that way I can maybe get a lead. Plus they are super fun and you get free stuff!

I also just got asked to create a detailed computer rendering by next week for my boss (like I have time for that right now..) but if I do a good job, and play my cards right, I may have a freelance (interior design related) design job that pays pretty well right out of school. Which would be IDEAL!!!!! That way I could take it easy while looking for a design job, or working on my website, etc. Crossed fingers!

i finally ordered my business cards. i don’t have time to design my own at the moment, but i need some for job hunting in a few weeks. they are very cute!