Blog 9 - Advisory Prep 3

Color cards are the most important items to have when doing color schemes. 

1. State whether or not you currently have a mentor, and what the status of your interview is with that person (I have completed the interview, I have scheduled the interview, I have not scheduled the interview, etc).
1. I currently have a mentor and I have been going for a while now. It’s the same person that I did my summer hours with and he very understanding. I have scheduled an appointment with him next week but I feel as if it might end on a bad note. 
2. At this point, your research is probably guiding your studies toward more specific areas within your topic.  Name the area or two you find most promising and explain your reasons.
1. I find color psychology and environmental psychology the interesting areas in my topic. They go so in depth with what you need to know when doing your job and it also gets your attention when it talks about how your brain functions with everything. It grasps attention easily but I fell as if all the people who are doing some type of design as their senior topic might fall with these two areas not making it unique. 
3. What kinds of sources do you think will help you in the next month to gain more research depth?  Where will you go to get them?
1. I’ve been looking at a lot of sources that actually reference a lot of their research so I can just go to their bibliography and look for the sources that have the most depth in content. I can always go to some interns at the firm that I go to and ask them for sources that they find useful.
4. Write down a possible EQ.  Please don't worry about wording other than ensuring that it provides the option for multiple correct answers.  At this point, the senior team is most interested in understanding your thought process.
1. What is the best way to give clients their needs but also give them a unique result that makes you different from other designers? 

Blog 6 - Advisory Prep

This type of visual is rustic and gives that unique concept that the client wants. 

1.      What has worked well for you concerning senior project this year?  What has made it a positive experience for you?  

1.      The positive experience that I’m getting throughout the school year so far is seeing people’s faces when I tell them my topic. They find it interesting that someone is going this topic which it encourages me to actually strive for a better knowledge and go in depth with the Interior Design. This also gives me pressure because that means I need to work hard and know everything to make this experience worth it but also have a senior presentation worth going to.

2.      What are you finding difficult concerning senior project?  How can you adapt to make that portion work better for you?  How might the senior team help?

1.      Having a mentor that in all the way in City of Industry and I’m located about 20-30 minutes away from it makes it difficult to go offend. I’m trying to see if someone knows a mentor closer to my area so the commute can be easier and I can start to establish that bond with my mentor. I’m also a little worried about the independent component because it may be difficult for me to do something in this topic so if anyone has ideas with helping on that it would be great.