I was up till 2am last night working on my paper for art history which I spent most of my weekend pouring over.
With lack of sleep I found it hard to concentrate during my 20th Century Art History class so I started up my latest hobby: scouring the internet for design internships.
Through my ramblings and clicking on every link for every non-profit imaginable, I stumbled upon the Glue Network. Basically they are an organization that unites non-profit organizations under one umbrella. Via their website I started searching through each of their partners hoping to find something that would match up.
I found it. My dream design internship.
Yes, Invisible Children has always been filed under this category but it has recently been relocated to the job search instead of the internship quest. There is a company with 2 offices (the larger in North Carolina and the smaller in California) called The Change Strategy.
Stop what you're doing. Click the following link:
www.thechangestrategy.com
What they stand for is everything that I want to work for in a design firm. Essentially the purpose of design is to sell a product from toothpaste, to underpants, or crispier celery it's all about feeding the consumerist society in which we live. After my experiences during the past two summers of Brasil, Memphis, and Africa persuading people to buy things with the money they don't have to impress people who honestly don't care just isn't how I want to spend my life. The tricky thing about such an ideology is that your rate of living in a cardboard box accelerates from 5% to 95%. (I could deal with a hut in Tongo not a cardboard box in Atlanta).
Finding people, especially designers, who share such a philosophy with it's core based in Christ is like a needle in a haystack. I e-mailed their head designer with my basic "Hey I'm so and so, this is what I'm all about - can I intern with you pretty please a cherry on top?" BOOM! He e-mailed me back in 2 hours saying this:
I love where you are coming from. And I understand everything you're seeing.
One of the best things about the Change is that it puts us in the same circle with people like you.
I do expect to seek a design intern by the summer. It would be a pleasure to consider you.
Two things.
1. Can you send me samples of work (pdf's or a web link are fine).
2. Can you put together a list of designs that you love, respect, admire or wish you did with a little write-up explaining why. This can be anything. Product packaging, cd covers, web sites, train tickets. match boxes, clothing labels -- whatever turns you on.
I am honored that you contacted us, Megan.
Yes. My jaw dropped - seriously? Which was quickly followed by a joyful happy dance. I've got my work cut out for me but I think it would be worth it. At least NC is a lot closer than California or Tongo for that matter.
Well more on this later. My laptop battery is about to go kaput! Thanks for stopping by!
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