Summer School is the Best!

Summer School is the Best!

A summer studio with six students

Interior design studios can be a pain the rear. At Auburn, our curriculum keeps us together for every design class, all four years. The 26 of us have grown very close- and very loud- over the past three years. Even in two separate studios of thirteen, it is often hard to get strong feedback on your project ideas from the professor.

I, and four other students, had the pleasure of going to Italy for spring semester. The downfall: we had to take our spring studio over the summer.

No more Italy. Commercial interiors. Desking Systems. During my summer. Ugh!!!

PG mentioned multiple times that she likes the summer class so much more. She said it was easier to get to know her students in a more laid back atmosphere. PG finds great pride in her scatterbrained work style and her ability. Summer studio turned out to be a pretty enjoyable experience. Yes, class was 4 ½ hours long, but it became more of a collaborative team effort with the 6 of us. We omitted a 50-minute lecture and just had PG blurt out information and advice as we did our work. We came to decisions about deadlines in a civilized manner and it was so much easier to the stay on the same page. Dare I say it?! Summer studio rocks.

The dynamic of studio changes when you’re not comparing yourself to 20 other students.

PG was able to see the progress and potential in me that I was often too stressed to see in myself. I went from knowing absolutely nothing about commercial space design to creating a 9,000 square foot space. I am not saying that studio was a walk in the park, but removing all of the commotion that comes from a full class really helps with seeing the clear picture of how to get answers and overcome problems. 

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Final boards!