Week 7: Everyone is low on yardage

First thing Monday morning my computer was having issues so Lorraine gave me a furniture package to proof read. Then Boris came in and fixed all my computer problems. He saved the day once again! I also got to place furniture in a floor plan in AutoCAD. Monday afternoon I put together the furniture package I had previously proof read.  I then pulled a few samples from the library. Tuesday morning I started to pull all the discontinued Azrock VCT samples from the materials library, but just to be sure I wasn’t taking any current samples from the library Brennan contacted the Azrock rep to come in and update. I then called two textile companies to see how much available yardage they had in stock so we could put the appropriate upholstery in the furniture packet. The two companies turned into 6! Everyone was very low on upholstery, but I think we finally got it figured out. We finished putting the furniture packet together so it could be sent out. Wednesday I pulled the F100 sheets together from all the current projects to make an excel spreadsheet. Once all the information is together in the excel spreadsheet I will then be able to alphabetize the sheet. Thursday I continued working on the excel sheet that I still have a good bit of work left to do. I also helped Lorraine quickly change a few items in a furniture packet and filed some items in the materials library. Friday was my half-day so it flew by, yet again. I pulled flame spread information for a few materials and finished a floor pattern in AutoCAD. Friday I also got to meet another doggie! I hope everyone is staying cool and hydrated. I wish you all a Happy Fourth!Lightning

Client/Staff interactions; assessment processes; client types

Email, phone calls, and meetings are a few ways the Inner Design Studio staff interacts with their clients. At Inner Design Studio they try to have a casual personable relationship with the client. Right now they are currently working on implementing a survey for client to fill out once a project has been completed. Sometime they have the opportunity to do another project for the same client. When this happens they often ask the client how they liked the result of the last project. From there the designers learn what they should or shouldn’t carry over into the new project. The designers are constantly learning from their projects. Weather it’s during a walkthrough or a phone call from a contractor, the designers learn what materials can and can’t do for future projects. Inner Design Studio has started putting together a notebook with paints, finishes, floor patterns, casework elevations, and a floor plan. They do this for the facility’s convenience incase a janitor or someone in the facility needs to paint over or replace anything. There is not currently a post occupancy evaluation process, but they are working on it.  Inner Design Studio is involved in healthcare design. Depending on the project the designer could be working with the head of the facility, the head of a particular department within the facility, or a committee. No matter whom the designers are working with they do the best they can to create the type of environments their clients desire. 

Anni and meAnni is the Controller at Inner Design Studio. She handles the numbers and also many other various tasks. I will be sitting at my desk and out of nowhere Anni will come running around the corner! She is so sweet and always smiling or laughing. Anni is the mother of the office. She is always making sure everything and everyone is okay.  A fun fact is that Anni has a pet rooster!