Job Shadow at Olson Kundig

I had the opportunity to spend a few hours job shadowing the interior designers at Olson Kundig Architecture Firm. This firm is very well known and also very huge but in their architecture firm they have six great interior designers working with them. Each one of the interior designers I met were wonderful and they all had their own great advice, stories, and tips to share with me about my future career in design. After my job shadow I have realized that the challenges of an interior design career would be where I would like to start, within a large architecture firm, a small or larger interior design firm, or maybe even starting my own small interior design firm. The advice I was given was it would be best to start off in a small interior design firm because there are fewer people so you will have the chance to learn how to do it all. I asked them all which they preferred more residential or commercial design and why, the most common answer I received was residential design because it was more meaningful to design a home. This helped me decide that I would love to have the opportunity in my career to design residential spaces. One other great advice I was given was to network and put your work out their so others can see it. Thanks to Olson Kundig Interior Designer Team for their advice and knowledge!