Design First, sleep second. That is the way things work around here; desperately trying to make one of possibly 5 or 6 deadlines, surviving on coffee and finding myself asleep on my keyboard at 3 in the afternoon mumbling to myself about making sure the paper stock is right before printing. It will be over soon – school comes to an abrupt halt in approximately two weeks. These last days are always the hardest – the sun is making daily appearances and the flowers are telling us to go outside and look at them. Bikes are begging to be ridden, airplanes are saving our seats and hockey fans are freaking out about the play-offs. Focusing is difficult this time of year, though in the end it will have all been well worth the struggle.

Below, examples of our daily struggles as design students.
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