My Expectations

As far as the Design Rebels upcoming project is concerned, I'm actually pretty excited to see what happens when some of us put our heads together. So far in the class, for my group project, I was teamed up with people I wasn't sure I'd work well with, just because I wasn't all that acquainted with them. But after that small project and finished and done with, we really had a lot of fun working on the Russian Constructivism presentation, which makes me believe that there is some real talent in our class that can lead to some awesome work. The cause is really the question for me. I really don't know what I'm going to do for my "proposal" as of now, I do have an idea, but looking through the VCU website, I haven't found the answers I was looking for, so I guess I keep digging until something pops up.

I would say my expectations for the upcoming project are pretty high, I don't see any reason why they shouldn't be. Just from seeing how far Derek and Alex have come from their "shop rva" project, I don't see why our class shouldn't be able to go just as far, if not farther than they have come already. Just comparing the classes in size and talent. Not to say the last class wasn't, but with a line up like me, Shawn Burg, John Boy, Cherry, even Kit, we all have really great ideas, and being able to throw all of our thoughts into one project, its really going to be an experience to remember. Me, Derek (my brother) and Berg are already discussing starting a design firm on the side, it'll probably stick with the standards of Design Rebels, but talent-wise, we have what it takes to go far.

Because "shop rva" has been such a success so far, my expecations are really high for our group, especially with the number of people we have working on the collaboration, but then again, I've already noticed that some people put in a lot less effort than others, which should prove to be a problem in the future. When I work in a group, I find myself always taking a big part of the responsibility, I like being a leader and taking action, so in that case, I think we'll be okay. I don't have any problem yelling at people who don't pull their own weight.

I don't know where the project will take us, subject wise, or how far, but I do know that as long as we can all put our heads together we should be successful. But I do feel that "shop rva" made it so far because the cause was something that would have a really good effect in Richmond, not to mention the people who took the reigns knew what had to happen to keep it going. When an opportunity like that arises itself, you need to recognize the situation and grab it. It will be something that will build a great reputation, and a resume builder. I'm also helping along with the shop rva process, mainly doing photography for the website, but I am also good with graphic design, so I could do other stuff down the road. I'm really looking forward to seeing what we can do with the remainder of the semester, its going to be a lot of work, but could prove to be a very successful one as well. Until then, I just need to come up with my idea first, search in the nooks and crannies, make sure I can find the info i'm looking for to pull off the VCU transition to becoming a green university.