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I couldn’t condense the spread sheet into one file, so the itemized lists are individual.

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Quote Spreadsheet (Google Docs)
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Sorry for the quote not including a picture, I will take one and update the pdf tomorrow afternoon.

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Hi,

This reading was recommended to me by career services. I have yet to read it but it looks pretty great.

Best,
MK

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REWORKED RESUME

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i know i’m definitely going to be making changes to this in the future (certainly pertaining to visual appearance) but here it is thus far

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i experimented a lot with business card mockups and i still haven’t found the exact one i want to go for. i think cards are really important so i want to really make it just right. since i don’t have a business yet i consider these more calling/contact cards. here are some variations of fronts and backs i’m currently experimenting with:

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Chris Ardoin was born in Lafayette, Louisiana in December of 1988. Fueled by the local culture, music became his passion at a young age. He began playing drums at the age of eleven and within 6 years, Chris was teaching lessons and working as a freelance musician in the local music scene.

Chris began studying music and architecture at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2007. During his undergraduate studies, Chris worked for Scott’s Drum Center and worked as a freelance musician playing in different bands around the local area. He also began buying, selling, and restoring vintage drums on eBay and Craigslist through a business he opened called “Three On the Floor”.

Upon discovering his love for design, he focused his energy on Architecture and graduated with a bachelor degree in Architecture in 2011. He then moved to Providence Rhode Island and is currently attending Rhode Island School of Design for graduate Architecture studies. While continuing to feed his passion for drums, Chris plans to open his own design firm and begin working on commercial work here in the US.

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· GOTPRINT.com – 1,000 (3.5×2) Double sided color – $9.90

· Uprint.com – 500 (2×2) Double sided color – $26.98

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I want feedback on the one i had. 🙂 resume

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I had a lot of iterations but I narrowed it down. I feel my favorite one is the first and then it goes down from there.

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A few business card ideas. I was trying to go from super straight forward, to more abstract graphics. And yes I’m aware that one of them looks exactly like GQ. The blank one is a proposed hand written business card.

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Below is an updated version of my resume:

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In class this past Monday, we viewed some examples of Brand Standards documents.  These documents detail the ins and outs of a particular brand, showing potential affiliates, employees, and businesses how to properly represent the brand or organizational identity.  Design firms invest huge amounts of time and effort into conveying a precise attitude and message through branding.  The resulting corporate or organizational identity is only fully realized when used and represented in a coherent and consistent manner.   This Apple Logo Guidelines document and this New School Brand Standards document are two solid examples of brand standards are implemented.

These documents can also reveal some great technical tips about how to portray identity through graphic media.  For extra resources, this Style Guidelines and Standards Resource, will provide you with more enough material to satiate your interests.

Again, all this information about branding and identity design does not mean you need to develop your own brand standards or even your own logo.  Keep your efforts on representing your identity appropriate to your career.  You most likely are interested in being professional furniture designers, and should not overwhelm any potential clients or consumers with flashy logos, or graphic media void of real substance.  Rather, a simple and concise use of graphic elements to convey your professional persona is the goal.  Allow a refined and consistent format of your personal media to be the vehicle that exhibits your talent, creativity, and potential.

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In you case you need a reference or a refresher on some of the identity design and branding concepts brought up in class this Monday, you can follow the link below for a PDF of the presentation.

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If you are curious to delve deeper into the worlds of brands, branding, brand strategy, identity design, etc, I’m posting two texts that might be of interest.

First is The Designer’s Guide To Brand Strategy, which is a PDF book that was published and written by M. Damien Newman. Although the author claims that his book “…is by no means the definitive text on the topic…”, it is a very readable, thorough, and helpful introduction. He makes the point that branding “… is a marketing term that came about largely in the last decade to mean the marketing of products.”, and is something different that brand strategy, but this might just be semantics. He presents a thorough analysis on the terms: brand, brand identity, brand personality, and strategy. The focus of the text is skewed a bit corporate, but without much effort the ideas presented can be applied to pretty much anything.

At the end of the book is a link to a website that seems to no longer be associated with the author. This document is re-distributed several places online, but if you are curious to learn more about the Damien Newman, see his Linkedin profile or check out his consultancy, Central.

The second is an excerpt from the book Designing Brand Identity, by Alina Wheeler. This text analyzes some critical success factors to consider when designing a brand identity. This too is a very readable and helpful reference if you are considering developing a more deliberate “personal brand”. Even more so than in other text, much of the material here is directed at sizable corporate projects. Some of what is presented might not really be relevant to the individual, but it does provide an idea of the many variables one often needs to consider when taking this kind of work on. The author, Alina Wheeler, has a brand consultancy business and describes her work as “…managing perception…strategic imagination”

Another great source for information, analysis and inspiration related to brand identity is Brand New. It’s a frequently updated blog that focuses specifically on the topic of identity design, and they do a great job of presenting new work in the field, while offering authoritative criticism. A highlight is their annual best and worst lists.

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It’s easy:
Go to Gravatar.com and create an account that uses the same email you are using for your account on this site. After you upload a profile image, it will automatically be associated with your profile. Don’t worry if it doesn’t happen right away, it may take a few minutes to sync up.

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Eva Martin was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. The daughter of a graphic designer and illustrator, she’s been submersed in art, and creativity since birth.  To the Martin family a career in art was not only assumed but absolutely expected. After graduating high school, Eva enrolled in The Rhode Island School of design. Determined to become a well rounded artist, Eva studied a variety of subjects at RISD including apparel design, textiles, painting and sculpture, ultimately graduating with a  BFA in Furniture Design in 2012. Studying a variety of subjects has certainly paid off as her pieces most often use a combination of different materials and methods.  As a collection, Eva’s work can best be described as functional sculpture, wearable forms and large scale installations.

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Eva Martin was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. The product of a graphic designer and illustrator, she’s been submerged in art, creativity  and talent since birth.  To the Martin family a career in art was not only assumed but absolutely expected. After graduating high school she chose the Prestigious Rhode Island School of design. Determined to transform herself into a well rounded artist, Eva studied a variety of subjects at RISD including apparel design, textiles, painting and sculpture, ultimately graduating with a  BFA in Furniture Design in 2012. Studying a variety of subjects has certainly paid off as her pieces most often use a combination of different materials and methods. Eva’s work can best be described as ranging from functional sculpture to wearable forms to large scale installations to the beyond

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Parker Reid is Senior at Rhode Island School of Design receiving his BFA in Furniture Design. In his design practice, he also has participated  in subjects  of  landscape, fashion, textiles, automotive and product design.  With that history he defines himself as simply a designer. The reason for being a part of all these subcategories is to understand and create a universal design philosophy that can be given to others.

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Born in 1988 in America, Jason Alvarado is a Spanish-American architect with interests in fashion and furniture. His main inspiration is fashion in architecture and the overlap between both disciplines. His style of work and design process is known for pure aesthetics and affect. “Design without fear, provoke strong opinions, design to be talked about” – Jason Alvarado. The designer produces his creations using simple and sophisticated forms while maintaining a strong sense of awe factor.

At a young age he interned at 2005 AIA National Firm award recipients, Lake|Flato Architects Inc. in San Antonio, Texas. To this date Jason has interned at four firms, two architecture and two engineering. The designer continues his handmade humidor and jewelry box creations for high-society clients.

Jason received his Bachelor’s Degree from Texas A&M university in 2011 and now pursues his graduate studies at Rhode Island School of Design. He continues to study architecture while developing his abilities in fashion design and furniture.

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  Jacob Riley-Wasserman is a young designer from the small town of Bridgeton NJ. Jacob is currently studying Furniture Design at Rhode Island School of Design. As a senior Jacob hopes to bring a new perspective and a sense of excitement to the world of objects.      Many of Wasserman’s designs reflect his love of classic toys and a childhood of exploration and adventure.  He believes no matter how old we get, we never lose the desire to play.

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George Coffin is a native New Englander and a furniture/product designer
currently studying at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI.
Growing up in a suburb of Boston, MA, Coffin was always hands on. With
a carpenter for a father, and studying painting in high school, he experienced
a broad range of both two-dimensional and three-dimensional work. He arrived
at RISD in 2008 and has focused on furniture and product design with an emphasis
on specific utility, user experience and high quality materials. In his senior year and beyond,
he aims to direct users towards a distinct function through objects that are both visually
striking, but also withstand the test of time. Coffin aspires one day to bring thoughtful
and aesthetically rich designs to North America, while also innovating systems
to cut down on the production waste so commonly seen in the North American marketplace.

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Alejandra Utrera hails from the lively metropolis of Madrid, Spain. Throughout her life, her desire to travel and continually build on her knowledge of art and design has led her to many places, including school in the United States and a year of working in the Netherlands.

While she is now completing her final year studying Furniture Design, at Rhode Island School of Design, Alejandra first began doing art that focused on Art Therapy. Her current work questions traditional and modern practices throughout a variety cultures. Playing with continuity is of importance in her pieces, as she strives to make them fluid in their own way.

Above all, Alejandra sees most value and potential in all the little things in life. Aside from design, she spends her time getting lost while cycling, cooking family style dinners for loved ones, and experimenting with photography.

She hopes to work for a small studio in order to have the chance to work on a more personal level with clients, as well as gain more knowledge on entrepreneurship.  Soon, she will start her own studio.

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Born in Kansas and raised in New England, Anna credits the suburban environment of her past with greatly influencing her design aesthetic. After spending two years in the photography department at Maine College of Art, Anna decided that her heart was more deeply connected to the processes of designing and building furniture. She left Maine to complete her BFA in Furniture Design at The Rhode Island School of Design. While attending RISD, Anna had the opportunity to intern at Fix Studio in Portland, Oregon where she was exposed to the responsibilities of running a design firm. She also had the opportunity to meet with several other design studios in the Pacific Northwest, only adding to the entrepreneurial experience. Anna hopes to continue to design and build furniture that evokes a sense of comfort and nostalgia in the user while remaining contemporary and relevant in execution and aesthetics.

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growing up between the big apple and rural upstate new york has greatly influenced kate golden as a designer. pushing to create contemporary objects that explore the vernacular of traditional American craft, she consciously includes the iconography of dovetails and embroidery while still being motivated by the innovations of production technology. her success is found in the combination of her serious passion for design with a lighthearted and innocent aesthetic, transforming rhino models into brightly colored cast objects. through her studies in the furniture department at the rhode island school of design, kate has explored her keen sensitivity to materials and meaning to create a body of humble objects with big personalities.

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Ardoin, Chris Ellis. Born 12/03/1988, Providence, RI

Chris Ardoin was born in Lafayette, Louisiana in December of 1988. Fueled by the local culture, music became his passion at a young age. He began playing drums at the age of eleven and within 6 years, Chris was teaching lessons and working as a freelance musician in the local music scene.

Chris began studying music and architecture at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2007. During his undergraduate studies, Chris worked for Scott’s Drum Center and worked as a freelance musician playing in different bands around the local area. He also began buying, selling, and restoring vintage drums on eBay and Craigslist through a business he opened called “Three On the Floor”.

Upon discovering his love for design, he focused his energy on Architecture and graduated with a bachelor degree in Architecture in 2011. He then moved to Providence Rhode Island and is currently attending Rhode Island School of Design for graduate Architecture studies. While continuing to feed his passion for drums, Chris plans to open his own design firm and begin working on commercial work here in the US.

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This semester
Successfully pass first semester senior year
Design and completely finish a project from beginning to finish
Follow through with assignments rather than restarting over and over
Work on personal pieces
Create and sell one original piece of my work
Earn an extra 1,500 dollars to completely cover living and project expenses
Party less organize more
This year
Successfully complete a degree project that is representative of my work
Graduate on time with the RISD class of 2012
Continue to work on and create a collection of personal works
Create and sell three pieces of my work
Launch online business
Graduate with upwards of 2,000 dollars to cover moving expenses
2 years
Have a job/business that earns upwards of 30,000 a year
Have the money and time to travel to Europe and/or Asia
5 years
Have a job/business that earns upwards of $60,000 a year
Fully support myself in my own apartment
Have money and time for travel and vacation
Have no children
10 years
Own my own successful company grossing upwards of 200,000 a year
Have a net worth upwards of $2,000,000
Financially assist family members
Have all school loans and other debts fully paid off
Own my own home/city apartment
Own vacation home and boat
Be married

FOC freedom of creation
I’m interested in 3D printing and how the technology will grow over the upcoming years . Freedom of creation (FOC) is a group of designers that produce everything from lighting to accessories using strictly 3D printing technology.

Imaan van der Haak
I’m interested in unusual ways of accessorizing the human body especially with attention to non-permanence.  Imaan van der Haak has a collection of “avant-garde facial distorting” jewelry that definitely sparks curiosity and raises the issue of practicality.

Liquid Light: industrial light installations
Lighting and the repurposing the objects continue to be large inspirations with regards to my own work.  Industrial designer Tanya Clarke is the brain behind “liquid Light,” a series of lighting installations that use LEDs, hand sculpted glass and recycled plumbing to create stunning pieces that serve as visual reminders of how precious water is.

Timothy Horn
Using ulterior materials in unconventional ways inspired a lot of my ideas for my upcoming degree project.  Swiss sculpture Timothy Horn creates work that strives to blur the line between natural and constructed by combining unexpected materials and forms.

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1 Week:
I will have changed the oil in my car.
1 Month:
I will have completed all my Professional Practice Assignments.
1 Year:
I will have graduated from RISD.
5 Years:
I will co-own a Design Firm.
10 Years:
I will have traveled around the world.
50 Years:
I will have designed everything I own.

Dieter Rams: “Less, but better.” German Industrial Designer.
Steve Jobs: “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” American entrepreneur and inventor.
Walter C. Baker: First to break 100 mph land speed record in 1902, in an electric automobile. Engineer.
Matt Monk: Graphic Designer

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Semester

– I will design / make an ottoman and chair that exhibit control and confidence in furniture design.

– I will be proud of my work.

– I will have a web-presence

– I will begin to eat fresher foods and cook more for myself and my friends.

– I will go skydiving

– I will begin to develop a DP that excites and challenges me

1 year

– Participate in an NPR interview focusing on the Furniture Design class of 2012

2 years

– After graduating I will sell at least 10 “Star Spangled Spatulas” through my website or etsy.

– Travel and learn the American craft of BBQ from a pit master.

– Obtain a design job.

-Drop 70 pounds.

-Meet nice people.

10 years

–  have graduated grad culinary school overseas

– Begin producing and selling design products

20 years

– Open a 12 table restaurant with friends

– have a studio

– be integral in something big

– own  a dog and a car.

Death

-NEVER

people i admire

– Gordon Ramsay

– My brother (CEO of National Field.org / the first hierarchical social network and the second best looking Wasserman brother)

– steve jobs

– Pharell Williams

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10 years:   

– Own an architecture / design firm

– Earn 100,000 a year

– Own property / home – large enough to run the online business

– Work maximum of 50 Hours a week.

– Pay off RISD loans

– Raise a family with at least 1 child

– Travel to Australia

– Have finished composing a instructional percussion book

5 Years

– Established online Vintage Percussion Business with virtual shopping car

– Build 2 websites dedicated to design &

– Land an internship working for an architecture firm

–  Have a degree – (3 Year) Graduate in M.Arch from RISD

– Take arch exams and become licensed.

1 Year

– Purchase a Roland V – Drum kit

– Move out of Charles Landing into a house or other apartment

– Find a band with a steady gig to help fund keeping a car

This Year

– Purchase a bike by Spring semester

– Have completed a comprehensive Resume

– Have completed a comprehensive Portfolio

– Have completed a Business Card

This Semester:

– Wake up at 8am each morning or sleep a maximum of 8 hours a    night.

– Sleep a minimum of 6 hours each night.

– Establish a functional schedule with work, school and en balanced

– Learn how to cook 4 new meals by December

– Will run at least 3 days a week

– Will woodshed on a practice pad for 15 minutes at least 3 days a week

Inspiration:

Scott’s Drum Center / Acadiana School of the Arts

Repercussions – Vintage Percussion Dealer

Tschumi – why? cause he’s just a monster

Michael McClure – Professor  ( Rome Prize )

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Goals for Fall:

• Experiment w/ materials and resources that are accessible to us at RISD: Try new things.
• Keep thinking of my language within design: degree project.
• Get photography done for website.
• Update resume and portfolio.
• Make website and business cards.
• Keep in contact w/ connections in Europe.
• Work in shops w/ James and Jeff on shop tech: aquire more knowledge in machines.
• Attend a Better World by Design.
• Attend career services events on entrepeneurship and business.
• Balance my life and not only work: go out and laugh and forget risd ever existed, exercise 3 times a week

Goals for year:

• Take a Brown class about entrepeneurship.
• Take a class on Art therapy/ complete psychology concentration.
• Improve in Rhino.
• Finish required credits to graduate.
• Apply to 15-20 job positions: design studios/ psychiatry+ art therapy/ shop tech
• Build contact list of manufacturers, businesses that could help.
• Maintain relationships: Network w/ design studios I know and keep developing relationships w/ teachers/ shop techs/ alumni.
• Hopefully exhibit in Milan.
• Keep working on side projects collaborating w/ 2 possible future partners of studio.
• Try to sell work: either collaborative or my own.
• Cross country bike ride

Goals within the next 2 years:

• Work for a studio: junior designer or designer or part time education: $30,000+ income salary ($20/hour) – I am open to ending up anywhere in the world.
• Wherever it is that I end up, settling down there for 2-3 years.
• Volunteer time working for psychiatrist/art therapist: learning more about this line of work/ possibly looking into graduate school.
• Working on personal projects: selling work, hopefully in a fair (Milan, ICFF, Miami, Holland…)
• Having a life because I am a workaholic: making friends, developing relationships, fitness
• Travel – South America is the next destination.
• Maintain relationships w/ people I care about: go see them.

Goals within 5 years:

• Designer at studio making $40,000-45,000 minimum in a studio I like
• Go to fairs for this studio
• OR psychatrist/ practicing art therapy (grey area)
• OR teaching part time any of the subjects mentioned/ working part time on designs for my own studio: investing in tools/ space for a studio?
• Have a pet

Goals by 10 year mark:

• Self- employed design studio making $100,000
• work w/ people: teaching or helping psychologically.
• Still work w/ people that want/need art therapy.
• Have a HAPPY family.

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10 Years:

–       I will make 100,000 a year

–       I will own/ co-own a design firm

–       I will collaborate with large outlets to reduce the amount of overproduction and useless design in America

–       I will own a car, a motorcycle, and several bikes

–       I will own a nice watch and have a box of cuban cigars on a fancy coffee table that I’ll never smoke

–       I will bike a minimum of 100 miles per week

–       I will go to the gym a minimum of four days per week

–       I will be happily married to someone as financially stable as I am

5 Years:

–       I will make 60,000+ a year

–       I will obtain regular commissions and/or work for a large company (ex. Nike, Gillette, Braun, Muji…)

–       I will release a line of products/furniture and be regularly published

–       I will be technologically aware

–       I will bike a minimum of 100 miles per week

–       I will go to the gym a minimum of four days per week

–       I will continue to cook great food and eat in good company

–       I will stay close with all of my friends

1 Year:

–       I will complete at least 4 pieces for my DP, and investigate both lighting and tableware/cookware

–       I will get my DP work published on blogs

–       I will learn design/furniture history

–       I will intern at a large company to see if I enjoy that kind of design work

–       I will get a paying job/internship to supplement my personal design efforts

–       I will bike a minimum of 100 miles per week

–       I will go to the gym a minimum of four days per week

This Semester:

–       I will have three abbreviated DP drafts by the end of the semester

–       I will have a finalized DP by the end of wintersession

–       I will learn to sew proficiently

–       I will photograph all of my current work

–       I will redesign/launch a new website

–       I will submit current work to blogs

–       I will learn how to brew beer

–       I will learn the material properties and techniques of concrete

–       I will cook at least twice a week

–       I will independently study design history

–       I will go to the gym a minimum of four days per week

–       I will bike a minimum of 100 miles per week

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This scares me.
10 years:
Own/Co-own a design firm with at least 3 employees,
Start a family,
Be financially stable (hopefully this will happen before the 10 year mark, I’m thinking 7 years is a more realistic goal)

5 years:
Secure at least 2 residency programs (ideally one overseas,)
Continue work with design collaborative,
participate in  a design-build non-profit,
Have at least 2 reliable/consistent clients for commissions (something like a real-estate developer)
Keep any media up to date
Participate in design showcase (ICFF, etc.)

2 years:
Persistently submit work to design publishers/blog,
Establish or join design collective,
Full-time employment with design firm on west coast,
Hike Mt. McKinley
If above/below doesn’t work out, go to grad-school

This year:
Graduate,
Learn how to knit
Find language for design,
Submit work to competition,
Work with Fix Studio in summer,
Have all design decisions for DP made by end of Wintersession

This semester:
Build killer website
Find music shop to intern with this winter
Begin writing thesis?

Some cool people in the world

Jen Jako www.fixstudio.com
Hanna Sandstrom kaptenhanna.blogspot.com
Kari Merkl www.merkled.com
Bernard Brucha www.mashstudios.com
Fellas at MADE Studio www.made-studio.com
Cameron Sinclair www.architectureforhumanity.com

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This Semester

• Balance Architecture Grad school while still going out and partying
• Finish Rosetta Stone: French CDs and continue learning French
• Make an impression with the students and professors in the architecture department
• Stop biting my nails when I do a project

This Year

• Successfully finish first year of grad school
• Take an apparel studio/class – Learn to sew
• Wear clothes I designed and made in public
• Get an internship in France – live in Europe for a few months again
• Continue designing, improving, experimenting with techniques for my humidors/jewelry boxes
• Sell at least one humidor or jewelry box

2 Years

• Finish RISD grad school and have a top job lined up
• Start a successful and consistent line of humidors/ jewelry boxes
• Be fluent in French/ taking French at Brown
• Feel confident in my apparel skills
• Have my friends/girlfriends want to wear the clothes ive designed
• Travel to at least 2 new countries for a week at least once a year
• Continue selling my humidors/jewelry boxes

5 Years

• Buy a Lotus
• Be in a design firm making a lot of money, in preparation to start my own practice
• Open a cigar lounge and sell my humidors/jewelry boxes
• Enter a competition
• Live in France for at least one year
• Be engaged/find a girl that I would want to get engaged too
• Be the first thing to pop up when you google “Jason Alvarado”
• Be financially stable and quite wealthy
• Have a high demand for my fashion designs and humidor/jewelry boxes

10 Years

• Own my own firm/practice
• Design a collection and have a runway show
• Have my own line of clothes
• Be on project runway
• Have my own line of humidors/jewelry boxes
• Place top 3 in an architecture competition
• Buy a Ferrari/Pagani (some expensive supercar)
• Be in a great marriage with at least one kid
• Be successfully known as a Fashion Designer, Humidor Designer, and Architect
• Own a vacation house in France
• Work whenever I see fit
• Be written about in design books and be researched and be some students favorite designer

Inspiration

• Elie Bleu – French humidor/jewelry box designer
• Mondo Guerra – Fashion designer from project runway
• Elie Saab – Lebanese fashion designer
• Lionel Messi – Soccer player for Argentina National team and Barcelona Club team

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Then click OK.
Note – Editor and Admin users can see password protected or private posts in the edit view without knowing the password.

If you do password protect your posts, you must use the password we agreed upon in class so other members of the class can view your work. If you need a reminder of the agreed upon password, it’s the same password that came with your account (which you should change). Hint:

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