Posted July 10, 2009 5:34 pm.
Filed under: daily happenings, field trips
Tags: office life, vacation, workflow
Today Christopher and Co. returned from their trip out to the wilderness. He’s been keeping in touch via a somewhat spotty satellite uplink but now he’s back and things are back to normal — though not for long.
Tim leaves for a voyage down to Mexico for fun in the sun and will be sorely missed as there is a substantial volume of work to be done over the course of the next week. We spent much of today handing off projects, catching up, and generally focusing on the tasks at hand for upcoming week. Christopher and I will man the fort while Tim enjoys margaritas and swordfish under the blazing sun.
Posted July 2, 2009 5:53 pm.
Filed under: daily happenings
Tags: internship, productivity, the wichita mugger, workflow
Every once in a while, a day will come along where as an intern – there isn’t much to do. Christopher and Tim were busy today finalizing important projects, attending meetings, and dealing with clients so I was left to fend for myself. Organizing, filing, my “long term to do” list – all were visited today and I still had a large amount of spare time on my hands.
It can be frustrating at times to feel the desire and pressure to work and be productive without the guidance to do so. Throughout the day I was given really short jobs which I did with pleasure, but a lot of the day was spent looking for things to do which made the clock tick a little slower than usual. Thankfully there are very few days like this, and I’m sure sometime in the future I’ll be cursing myself for not relishing the periods of tranquility.
p.s. While researching for a new MINE™ product in the works, I found this unfortunately named mug printer:
Posted June 9, 2009 5:01 pm.
Filed under: daily happenings, details
Tags: charles and ray eames, intern duties, organization, workflow, workspace
Here is a first person view of the responsibilities and tools that come with the intern position at MINE™.
An overview of the station that many have manned (and mostly womanned) before me.
This is a small taste of what it’s like to sit at the helm.
iMac: 2.8ghz Intel Core 2 Duo with 2gb ram.
Eames Aluminum Group Chair (I feel more productive just sitting in it)
The phone: One of the duties of the intern is to answer the phone, take messages, fend off telemarketers, etc…
Bose Volume Control: Yes, the intern has control over the volume of the music in the office! Right now we are listening to the new Tobacco album and it is good. Very good. Turn it up at your own risk.
Binders: Here you will find all the pending and past documentation for competitions. One of the main duties of the intern is to enter, document, and keep track of both upcoming and past competitions. When we win an award a yellow sticker gets placed on the folder for that competition. These binders may as well be yellow.
Job List: Every Monday we have a job meeting where we discuss the current state of each job currently open in the studio. At this point, there are about 15 open.
Notepad: For notes.
Sunglasses: Because Bernal Heights is windy and when I arrive to work after riding my bike from my house in the Mission I prefer not to look like I’ve been up all night crying. Also great for taking a nice lunch break in the park down the street or for looking really cool when filing in the office.
Stuff: Christopher and Tim reference a lot of things for inspiration or research and when they’re done with them it is the interns responsibility to file them in their correct location. Books live in the book cabinet (organized chromatically by spine), job samples in the filing cabinet, and collected design objects go in the tower. (previously a shower)
