One of the benefits of going to art school in The District is the proximity of so many great studios. Just a few minutes away in every direction are places like Bethesda Softworks, Grafik, Kinetik, Big Huge Games, and AKQA—just to name a few.
Well, this past semester, two media designers from AKQA sat in on the digital media department reviews and gave me some pretty encouraging feedback on my work. As a result AKQA (click the link, their stuff is amazing) has invited my thesis partner and I to tour their DC office next month!
If you’re not sure who the folks of AKQA are and/or why you should care about them, turn on the nearest XboX360 and stare at the interface. They did that. And if you remember the Coca-Cola “Happiness Factory” advert… they did that too, among a plethora of other very amazing stuff.
P.S. The weather in DC is amazing today. Just FYI.