Submitted by Natalie Hett on the 2019 summer session program in England sponsored by the Department of Art & Design…
Week three has proved to me that I’m starting to get into a nice routine. My body never fails to wake me up early which is a blessing and a curse. A blessing because I usually make progress
on projects in these early hours and a curse because this program is exhausting and I need all the rest I can get! It’s comforting to feel like I have a sense of direction now, something I barely felt
in the last two weeks.
The game I made for myself (aka finding a new coffee shop every time I need to work on an assignment) has been turning out well. I found a spot called Harris + Hoole this week and it was
only a 15 minute walk away. I loved the neighborhood because of the amount of dogs that walked by and that Harris + Hoole had such a comfortable vibe. I enjoyed the walk there as well
because my friend and I walked a different way there and back and we found some cool new spots we want to check out.
This week was packed full of some amazing visits. The few that stick out are two ad agencies known as Weiden + Kennedy and Mother. The advertising career path is one that I have been
considering ever since taking an Advertising Design elective at UD, so it was exciting to see how two different advertising agencies are run. One thing I like about Mother is that they move
everybody’s seats around every 6 weeks to give employees a chance to meet new people. At Wieden + Kennedy, I really liked the energy of the employee who spoke with us. She was very
enthusiastic and silly and reminded us to always have fun in whatever it is you are working towards.
