SunDay Forecast - February 11th
Welcome to the SunDay Forecast, a weekly blog that takes a look at the week ahead in our studio and lifestyle, and a format to get our thoughts and plans down on a regular basis. Since we are a new studio, we will begin by focusing on a few personal professional goals, building the design studio business, and starting the House of Daylight community of designers and creatives. Here are 5 topics to look out for in the coming weeks in our weekly blogs:
1. Design Studio Building
We are just getting started in our journey to becoming an established design studio. There are many steps to creating a studio that is able to offer great work and building a process that ends in successful projects. We are excited to be able to share this beginning journey with our community! We will be posting past projects, new projects, behind the scenes process, and more.
2. Career Advice
The first few years upon entering a creative profession are all about learning and absorbing as much as you can, while also trying to make a name for yourself. This time period isn’t as exciting or result oriented as later in careers, but it lays the foundation for where your career can head. I am in this time period myself, and want to share my experiences to hopefully help other young creatives in their career paths. It is easy to feel lonely or discouraged early on, and we want to let people know they are not alone! We will talk about navigating job offers, interviews, choosing a firm or office to work for, raise negotiations, professional development, and more.
3. Lifestyle
We look forward to sharing the general lifestyle and interests of our studio, such as music, life thoughts, office/design supplies, work and life balance, architecture/design school thoughts and memories, studio coffee comparisons, and really any other topic that fits into our daily life. These interests are fun to talk about and hear others opinions on, as well as offer a break from the daily design work that we focus on for the majority of our time.
4. Design Features and Process
Design features and the process of design is a topic we will share as well. We will dive into features we find important or pleasing and love to hear thoughts from the community as well. The process of design is just as interesting as the final product, maybe even more-so. We will share tips and how-to’s from our process as we move through projects.
5. Community and Inspiration
We will also share inspiration from outside of our studio, and hopefully directly from our growing community. It is important for us to celebrate and share work from like-minded creatives and design professionals. We can all learn so much from each other’s work and processes, and we look forward to sharing throughout our community. Building a community of creative individuals is also a main goal of our studio. We want there to be a place where everyone can be open and honest about their work, career paths, and process, while being supported by others in the community. This community will take time to grow and establish itself, and we are excited to share how we plan to build it along the way!
This overview of topics will hopefully give everyone an idea of what to expect from us moving forward, we are excited for all that is to come and for you to join us in the journey! If you have any suggestions, or want to join our community and not miss any topics, click here:
The Week Ahead:
This week is the beginning of our normal posting schedule, and it feels like an exciting time for me personally. I have always wanted a creative outlet such as this, where I can get my thoughts out into the world and share what I’m working on at the time. Here is what is on the calendar this week:
Monday: House of Daylight Vibe of the Week - A playlist of songs that fit the mood, outlook, and general energy of the studio that week. We really enjoy finding new music, and sharing music we are currently listening to. Music has been a powerful memory tool for me over the years. When I listen to a song that I have loved in the past, it brings me right back to that time period and the memories around it. We would love to hear songs from you as well, either leave a comment, or post in the community to share your favorite songs or “vibe of the week”!
Wednesday: Valentine’s Day - Some people love it, others hate it. I think any day that promotes more love around each other is a good thing. Say something kind to someone, or pay-it-forward in the Starbucks line, it is nice to spread kindness and love whenever we have the energy!
Thursday: The Daybreak Blog - This week we will focus on some of the design services we are looking to offer at House of Daylight, as well as our thoughts around selecting which services to offer as a studio. We also take a look at what services we hope to offer in the future as we grow!
Thank you to all who have taken the time to read through this introductory SunDay Forecast post. It will be a bit more personalized in the future, but I wanted to introduce some of the topics we are interested in sharing and hopefully get others excited about what we are doing.
I hope everyone has a great week, thanks again, and see you in the next post!
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