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Abbey Connors
What I listen to when I’m working:
Depends on the type of work. If I need to focus, potentially a single song on repeat for hours. Sometimes I’ll listen to podcasts – lately Pete Holmes, Joe Rogan, Confidently Insecure. If it’s music: New Music Friday playlist on Spotify or anything that reflects the mood of the day. I like variety but never silence.
My favorite Pantone color is:
381 C, Warm Red C, and Pink C
Brandon Prochnow
When people ask me for advice:
I try my best to give it to them
If I ruled the world:
I'd free all my sons (I love 'em, love 'em babyyy [Lauren Hill voice])
Brenda Mraz-Skibinski
The most dangerous thing I ever did was:
Ten days in the Colorado mountains climbing with only two foot ledges and part of the trail was a tree trunk over a 30 ft. drop. Getting caught in a current while snorkeling off Molokini Crater (no one wore life jackets back then). Fishing in Costa Rica where the boat engine died as we drifted further out to sea. As a kid, trying to tame a wild horse that I swear was trying to kill me.
The last photo I took was of:
This selfie I was required to take – on vacation
Cynthia Lund Torroll
A place I’d like to visit:
Easter Island
My workspace is:
Tidy and chaotic
Daniel Necci
Design school should teach you:
A modest view of your own importance
The technology I can’t live without is:
Cell phone
Daryn Peterman
I do my best thinking:
With a glass of wine, after the little one is sleeping
The most dangerous thing I ever did was:
Backpack through Sicily when I was 19
Dave Burkle
The technology I can’t live without is:
A dishwasher
When people ask me for advice:
I tell them to ask Alexa, she knows everything
Erin Strode
What I listen to when I’m working:
Sirius Chill or Mayer Hawthorn radio on Pandora
My favorite Pantone color is:
OPI Red
Javier Centeno
People are surprised that I:
Moved to the U.S. when I was 17
My workspace is:
Often accompanied with a cup of coffee
Jeff Neal
A place I’d like to visit:
The moon
My workspace is:
Filled with useless information
Jim Dines
I’d love to live in a:
motel room next door to David and Alexis (Schitt’s Creek)
A lesson I learned in childhood:
A smart mouth gets you nowhere, thanks Mom
Joel Harmeling
When people ask me for advice:
I say it’s easier to put shoes on your feet than to carpet the world
A place I’d like to visit:
Middle Earth, specifically Rivendell
Kori Zangl Holsten
Design school should teach you:
Not every project is going to have the creative freedom or budget to do what you envision
The most dangerous thing I ever did was:
Flip my parents’ car down an embankment
Martin Martinez
I’d love to live in a:
Place where it is sunny year-round
When people ask me for advice:
I am honest
Michael Dillon
Design school should teach you:
Listen and take notes
The most dangerous thing I ever did was:
Open a restaurant
Sebastian Raasch
I’d love to live in a:
Treehouse
If I ruled the world:
Wi-Fi would be free and accessible for everyone
Tam Nguyen
I do my best thinking:
When I’m not multitasking and allowed enough time to concentrate on one thing until I reach a conclusion or idea about it
The technology I can’t live without is:
Water purification technology
Taryn Schuster
People are surprised that I:
Am a Harry Potter nerd.
The most dangerous thing I ever did was:
Fall off a banana boat in the open ocean. I’m really not that dangerous of a person haha.
