#1

Okay. It's been decided. Daniel, you're my number one draft pick.

So Daniel, how do you like my cover?

A Trip Down Amnesia Lane

Last year I avoided this chaos.
Last year I was unemployed during the summer.

It is Reading Break this week. Usually time to go skiing or hang out on a beach for many students. For me I get to sift through the startling amount of data I have amassed and make something useful out of it.
IT'S PORTFOLIO TIME.

Four days in I have a layout pushing a measly 150Mb and about 18 pages. It now takes several minutes to save the Illustrator file so I thought I would update this woefully neglected blog as I wait.

There is some slight motivation for this labor intensive process besides applying to local firms for summer work. The PEP, or The Professional Experience Program Award is up for grabs. Or more specifically the chance of being placed at a MAJOR international firm for an internship over the summer. The firms up for grabs are:
Allies and Morrison - London
Behnisch Architekten - Stuttgart
Studio Daniel Libeskind - New York
Kohn Pedersen Fox - New York
Morphosis - Los Angeles
Michael Maltzan Architecture - Los Angeles
OMA/Koolhaas - Rotterdam
Skidmore Owings and Merrill - New York/Chicago.

Prestigious? Certainly. Competitive? Absolutely. Out of my reach? Possibly.
However, you don't get in if you don't apply.
I list in order my top three choices, the faculty reviews the portfolios received, and sends each firm a small handful of portfolios deemed worthy enough to choose from. The only question is where do I apply?
Any Suggestions?