Week 6: Oh Technology!

All day Monday I rendered a nurse station and patient room for a project.  Tuesday morning I rendered a couple of floor pattern options. For lunch a rep for Novateur gave a presentation. Laura, the rep, had this particular flooring that I am very curious to see installed and cleaned. You all can see what Novateur has to offer HERE. After the presentation Anni showed me how to update my project list on the server. With the rest of the afternoon I worked on the two renderings from Monday. Wednesday morning I sketched out a few options for a nurse station. I then went to the library to see if one of the samples I had ordered had come in. The sample wasn’t there, but came in on Friday. Wednesday afternoon the designers got new iPhones! Thursday I worked on renderings and a nurse station elevation. Thursday afternoon we had an office meeting and I got a new computer! One of the designers got a new computer, so I got her computer. Friday was a little crazy. First thing that morning one of the girls got “the blue screen” on her computer and the printer and email systems were down. Luckily all the computer problems got fixed and the day went on. Friday I tweaked the color on the renderings, boxed some carpets up to be shipped back, put a furniture package together, and emailed a few reps. Then late afternoon Friday Gail and Jim (pictured below) did a joint presentation. They are husband and wife! Gail is a rep for National Wallcovering and Jim reps Concertex. They were a hoot! An interesting fact is that they went to Ireland for their honeymoon.

Jim and Gail

Furnishings, fixtures and equipment resources Reps are constantly stopping by, calling, and or emailing to keep the designers up to date on their FF&E resources. Inner Design Studio has a very neat and organized resource library. A rule when a rep stops by the library to place something in, they must remove something as well.  This little rule helps the shelves stay clean and orderly. All the resource books are placed alphabetically in their designated areas. Inner Design Studio has a very efficient filing system. There is a spot for everything. Brennan, the resource librarian, is in charge of keeping the library organized and up to date. She is constantly organizing new samples and keeping track of the reps that come in the library.  Clearly labeled plastic bins and folders are where all the fabric samples are stored. The labels and organization of the library make it very easy to navigate.