I listen to podcasts most days at work, on topics, to include: news, entertainment, gameshows, cooking, crafting, and lifestyles, from bloggers talking about what they talk about. Most recently, Most specifically, I was listening to Joy the Baker and The Simple Mom as they shared blogging advice. Yesterday, I while I was listening I was getting antsy at my desk thinking about how much I wanted to take to the keyboard and lay out some thoughts. I don't want to make a business of my blogging at this time, but I do want to reach you, the reader, with ideas and enthusiasm as we scout for architecture together.
My first post was nearly a month ago and I have been experiencing guilt pains over how business-y it was and have come to the realization that I need to chill out a bit and get in real talk mode. My husband began blogging as well and I can't help but imagine us spending Sunday afternoons at an internet cafe sharing our thoughts with the world and chuckling over sentence structures and word choices. Of course, I will continue the narrative of my thesis project over the course of the year, but I will also be scouting for architecture in other aspects of my life.
--Anyway, the academic year is starting up again. I enjoyed some back to school shopping with a dear friend this weekend so I am really getting geared up. The problem with starting a sixth year of undergrad is explaining why I am starting a sixth year of undergrad. "No, it's not a masters program," "I knew that I would be in school for six years," "I work full time and go to school at night." These are just a sampling of the phrases I will use to defend my situation throughout the year to come. But to support my defense, I plan to focus on the ideas from my thesis and getting whoever it is that I am talking to, to understand and believe in my research and design. What better way to be able to converse about what I am working on, than to have an explanation in my back pocket at all times. Enter, the business card.
My first post was nearly a month ago and I have been experiencing guilt pains over how business-y it was and have come to the realization that I need to chill out a bit and get in real talk mode. My husband began blogging as well and I can't help but imagine us spending Sunday afternoons at an internet cafe sharing our thoughts with the world and chuckling over sentence structures and word choices. Of course, I will continue the narrative of my thesis project over the course of the year, but I will also be scouting for architecture in other aspects of my life.
--Anyway, the academic year is starting up again. I enjoyed some back to school shopping with a dear friend this weekend so I am really getting geared up. The problem with starting a sixth year of undergrad is explaining why I am starting a sixth year of undergrad. "No, it's not a masters program," "I knew that I would be in school for six years," "I work full time and go to school at night." These are just a sampling of the phrases I will use to defend my situation throughout the year to come. But to support my defense, I plan to focus on the ideas from my thesis and getting whoever it is that I am talking to, to understand and believe in my research and design. What better way to be able to converse about what I am working on, than to have an explanation in my back pocket at all times. Enter, the business card.
Moo has put together this infographic to describe history of the business card. While the delivery has changed over centuries past, the goals of the cards have stayed the same. Business cards are in the business of explaining yourself -- what you do and where you do it. I hope that my business card will start to get at the why and how I do architecture.
I came across an article in Entrepreneur Magazine a few months ago that encouraged readers to converge their business cards with their online identities. The article suggested including a status update or other relevant tidbit on the card in some way.
So this is what I am thinking...I want to come up with an infographic of three icons to describe my client (Girl Scouts of Eastern PA), site (1300 block of Ridge Avenue), and building concept (integrating civic building with specific audience to improve a neighborhood) on the back of a standard 2" x 3.5" business card.
So this is what I am thinking...I want to come up with an infographic of three icons to describe my client (Girl Scouts of Eastern PA), site (1300 block of Ridge Avenue), and building concept (integrating civic building with specific audience to improve a neighborhood) on the back of a standard 2" x 3.5" business card.
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[Sorry the colors are a bit off on these uploads]. I would love to hear what you think and to check out other creative examples of business cards.
