Meet McDill’s people
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Abbey Connors
Design school should teach you:
To be thoughtful. Anyone who knows the programs can throw some things together and make an interesting piece but solid design that lasts has thought and where the pieces are placed matters.
A lesson I learned in childhood:
Never stop learning, even though there is no way any single person can know everything, never stop educating yourself and asking questions.
Brandon Prochnow
The most dangerous thing I ever did was:
Jump out of a plane
What I listen to when I’m working:
All the music of the world, on shuffle
Brenda Mraz-Skibinski
When people ask me for advice, I:
Listen
A place I’d like to visit:
I want to go back to Maui and Tulum – great times
Cynthia Lund Torroll
Design school should teach you:
About your own true voice and vision
What I listen to when I’m working:
The jackhammer in the alley
Daniel Necci
I’d love to live in a:
Submarine
A lesson I learned in childhood:
No good deed goes unpunished
Daryn Peterman
A lesson I learned in childhood:
If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.
My workspace is:
Neatly organized and clean - always
Dave Burkle
The technology I can’t live without is:
A dishwasher
The most dangerous thing I ever did was:
Running with scissors in second grade
Erin Strode
People are surprised that I:
Worked at Disney World as a Backstage Studio Tour Guide
What I listen to when I’m working:
Sirius Chill or Mayer Hawthorn radio on Pandora
Javier Centeno
The most dangerous thing I ever did was:
Snuba diving with my wife – we ran out of oxygen
My workspace is:
Often accompanied with a cup of coffee
Jeff Neal
The last photo I took was of:
My car
My favorite Pantone color is:
PMS 123
Jim Dines
My workspace is:
Not affected by my OCD issue(s)
My favorite Pantone color is:
2171 C
Joel Harmeling
The technology I can’t live without is:
My golf gps
My favorite Pantone color is:
2767
Karen Duffy
The most dangerous thing I ever did:
Involved an exacto knife
My favorite Pantone color is:
Evening Blue 19-3815
Kori Zangl Holsten
I do my best thinking:
In the shower
I’d love to live in a:
Tiny house
Martin Martinez
What I listen to when I’m working:
Everything from Hip-hop to Latin music
If I ruled the world:
I would try to save it from climate change
Michael Dillon
People are surprised that I:
I don’t think people are surprised by much about me
The last photo I took was of:
Tomatoes
Sebastian Raasch
A lesson I learned in childhood:
Desks are not made for left-handed people
My favorite Pantone color is:
337
Tam Nguyen
The technology I can’t live without is:
Water purification technology
A place I’d like to visit:
Tokyo, Japan
Taryn Schuster
What I listen to when I’m working:
BØRNS, Arcade Fire, Lord Huron, Foster the People, Cage the Elephant, and Vampire Weekend are all some favorites.
My favorite Pantone color is:
171 C
