Atlanta

The first day in Atlanta the class went to HOK, Herman Miller, and Lord.Aeck.Sargent. At Herman Miller, they had a great presentation about going into work, and what to expect once we got a job. He talked to us about money and the degrees of moving up. It was very helpful and useful information. We also got to walk around and look at the showroom that they had there.

Next we went to Lord.Aeck.Sargent. Almost everyone got lost getting to this place because we were given the wrong directions. So that was twice that our car was late. Atlanta was hard to navigate because of all that construction going on. Well at Lord Aeck and Sargent they mainly spoke about restoration. It was a great presentation if you were interested in that, i know some people were, but i felt too hungry to really listen to what they were saying, because we had to miss lunch (not a good idea). But i was able to get some notes and drawings about it.
Our final stop of the day was HOK. HOK was a great place, one of the women that were speaking spoke about the social aspect of design, and that is what i am interested in, because i like to design the way people use the space (a little different way than usual designers). I wasn't able to speak with her because we had to rush to take a tour. But i was able to get some information about it.

That night was the first night that we could go out and do things around Atlanta. So our room wanted to get something to eat finally. Unfortunately i started feeling really sick and couldn't enjoy myself as much as i wanted. The restaurant that we ate at was an italian place but more expensive that we hoped it would be. We got back to the room early about 6 or 7 and i just layed in bed with a a fever and the entire night i was tossing and turning not being about to sleep.

The next day our class went to Knoll and Perkins and Will. That day we were able to have lunch. I was running a fever that entire day. I was really excited about Perkins and Will and what they had to offer. So maybe i can try to get an internship with the one in Charlotte. That place was really nice. It looked like a house but it turned out to be an entire design firm.