Design Over Drinks
Design Over Drinks is an interview style podcast aiming to be a forum for emerging designers to talk about our philosophies, trends, experiences, successes, failures, diversity, advocacy, predictions, and everything in between. Why over drinks? Because designers often have a beverage in hand. Whether its a hot coffee or chai to start the day, or a glass of wine with coworkers to end it. A kombucha, or bubble tea, even that trusty bottle of water as we go from meeting to emails, to 30 minutes of actual work. We always have a hand for a drink. I started this podcast when Covid-19 hit in 2020. I spent a lot of time listening to the giants of design talk about what they predicted the future to be like, and how our profession will adapt as our world changes. Although that is important, I felt disconnected from the designer who is doing the production work, the designer who had to adapt because their schooling was like no others. I wanted to talk to the designer who will be the potential "giant" of the future. I like being a designer, but I love to talk about it more. My younger self hoped to someday be an art curator and a philosopher. In a way this is how I still hope to do just that. Become a patron at Patreon.com/DesignOverDrinksPod and follow us on Instagram @designoverdrinkspod as we connect with designers and down our drinks along the way.
Design Over Drinks
Design over Drinks Episode 2.6 - Michelle Northfield
Show Notes- Michelle Northfield
Current Firm: Gensler
Design Program Attended: University of Oregon (Ducks), Bachelor of Interior Architecture
Drink of Choice: Hot Tea
Kendra Drinking: Red Wine
Cal Poly Summer Program (Design)
Highlights for Children
Husky (University of Washington)
Cougar (Washington State University)
JPC Architects
MG2
Favorite Designer/ Currently Inspired by: Heliotrope
Metropolis Magazine, Sustainability Articles
Favorite Color: Black
Least Favorite: Orange and Purple But mostly because they are hard to work with
Favorite Revit Command:
Custom Shortcuts
RE = Filled Region
MT = Material Tag
WA =Wall
DR = Door
RT= Room Tag
TG = Tag
AL = Align
MV = Move