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JRC Designs

This week were visited and JRC designs. At this point and this semester I’ve grown accustomed to sitting down and having a round table like discussion with professionals here in the valley. ne thing that I learned is that design is design. whenever our group sits across from the table of professional places we visited their passion commitment and sheer love of whether this they do never seems to disappoint us. The team at JRC was no exception as they presented several signage and way finding projects we talked about common client needs, universal standardization of symbols, and just the age-old problem of solving a clients needs within time budget price needs.

Here are a few points from a discussion that I feel are worth pointing out..

Space

I am also finding that a lot of the places we are and sometimes hard to locate. It’s the strips off the beaten path that may the journey so worthwhile. Most of the firms have very unique designs and tastes. A lot of time and effort goes into the overall development of these workspaces. JRC for example used to be a house. Most of the firms we visit you would drop by our day-to-day basis and hardly notice that they are even there. But opening the door and walking in these locations one instantly feels inspired and like they are in place of creativity.

We always seem to be relived with warm smiles offered a drink. I guess I’m getting at is that the trips to different firms seem less like business trips and more like visiting an old friend for the first time.

While each visit we get to see a completely different perspective and a different aspect of design, whether it’s architecture, site design, interior, or wayfinding, one thing is always clear. These guys are creative.

And after leaving JRC I couldn’t help but think these guys are creative. As we said our vintage goodbyes and I hopped on my vintage dirtbike preparing myself mentally for my ride back to the Tempe I couldn’t help but wonder what does my personal workspace at home say about me. And I set up an environment for myself but also says this guy is creative.

Funny, I never got that visiting design firms for class would end with a trip to IKEA, but that’s exactly where I found myself the next day.