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Menlo Internship: Open & Honest

Adrienne — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:49:53 +0000

I have been at Menlo for six weeks now, and I feel like a valuable part of the team. Today, as I was working on a site map with my pair-partner, Rich, Menlo’s President, interrupted us to be a part of an impromptu meeting with a client. Rich does this often. Rather than answer all of the client’s questions himself, Rich asks “Menlonians” to answer these questions, giving the client the most honest feedback possible about our experiences and the work created at Menlo. After only six weeks, I was flattered to be a part of this conversation and to offer my impressions of working in the Menlo “factory”.

I am also beginning to feel like a strong contributor as well. Others in the factory are noticing my skills and are very pleased with the work I have done so far. However, Menlo Innovations is not so much about the work that we do, but how we do it. This was a point we were communicating to the client this afternoon, and has been the focus of my attention while working at this company. Daily I am blown away by the honesty, acceptance and pride of the people that work at Menlo.

Menlo Website: Directions

Adrienne — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:59:15 +0000

The following are conceptual ideas for the “directions” section of the Menlo Innovations website. Menlo is located on the third floor of a small market, and is often difficult for visitors to find. Therefore, we needed to come up with creative ways to get people into the historic Kerrytown district, parked in an appropriate lot, inside the marketplace and up the correct staircase to the Menlo factory.

Taggers’ Village

Adrienne — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:38:22 +0000

For a cognate course during my Master’s program this winter, I had the fun and challenging experience of designing a land use site plan. Check it out in my personal work!

ABC No Rio

Adrienne — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:28:04 +0000

I recently had the opportunity to intern with ABC No Rio in New York City. “ABC No Rio is a collectively-run center for art and activism” (abcnorio.org/about). No Rio was looking to archive their historic documents and present their exhibitions online. They had chosen the CMS software Omeka to develop this archive, and I was brought in for a very intense week-long analysis of the software. It was fantastic! Below are some pictures of the building and the art living inside.