Featured ID Student: Graduate Jon Takao

 

My man Jon Takao, WWU ID Graduate class of 2009, recently began interning at Specialized in Morgan Hill, CA. I caught up with him and he was able to share valuable advice and experience on balancing school and ID, portfolio advice for Juniors and Seniors, and how designing at Specialized has been thus far.

"...ID skill sets like chef’s knives. He (Bill Ford) wanted a lot of knives and he wanted them all sharp. After that I viewed school as a place to sharpen my knife set, now I’m trying to use them"

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NW IDSA Social

IDSA NW presents the annual Winter Social, a great time to have a drink, meet some great people, and wind down the quarter. The event is set for Thursday, December 3rd from 7-11 at BoConcepts at 901 Western Ave. in Seattle. Student Admission: $5 (register online) \ $10 (at the door)

"Production" 12.04.09 @ 7pm

A friendly reminder , "Production" will be displayed downtown at Mindport Exhibits 210 W Holly St, begining November 23rd. We will be silent auctioning off all of the 25 custom framed prints on Friday 12.04.09 at 7pm, along with having food, snacks, some student work on display, and a heck of a lot of fun. Any questions please feel free to e-mail wwuidsa@gmail.com

Featured ID Student: Senior Justin Lund

I caught up with Senior ID student Justin Lund and he was willing to share his wisdom on surviving Sophomore year and life outside of design. "Whatever benign object you are assigned, figure out how to make it amazingly innovative. Push yourself. Make rocket shoes, or Inspector Gadget shoes, or shoes for amputees, or whatever. It is a skill to think outside of the box.”
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