This is a picture I took of Kaba, my mentor Islam’s dog. Kaba makes our workday even more fun. When we are not sitting in front of the computer we are playing with her.
Hello my name is Abraham Nyei, and I’m working at IDEO this summer with, Shirley Fang, another Youth Design intern. Together the both of us have grown to love it. I’m very excited because it’s exactly what I expected it to be.
I am surrounded by innovative thinkers and it’s one of the best summer experiences I have ever had. I’m only one week in and I’m already sitting in on boards meetings and discussing ideas for projects. I’m excited to come to work every day and I’m learning a lot about design.
I’m becoming more passionate about design. I’m really growing from studying design and working on it every day. I even design after work.
I love my summer internship this year. I feel and see a lot of growth within myself and it is has only been a week. At ideo I’m an Industrial Designer. I’m hoping to further pursue Industrial Design in the future. My dream is to be an Automotive Designer. I have learned that it doesn’t just take one designer to build the whole car; it is the collective effort of teamwork that gets the work done. I’m glad to be working with the great team at Ideo. I’m learning a lot and heading back to my senior year in high school knowing what I want to study in college.
Abraham Nyei, Youth Design Class of 2011-2012
Islam Elsedoudi, Mentor, IDEO