Although my time at Children’s Hospital Boston has not been long, it has been an amazing experience, and I am lucky to have been placed here in the Marketing and Communications’ design team. In terms of design, I’ve learned so many different things. Before this summer, I had never even heard of Illustrator or InDesign and I barely knew my way around Photoshop. My mentor, Patrick, as well as the other two members, Javier and Jeff, of the design team here at Children’s have been more than helpful and patient with me. I have a better feel of typography and just how to make things visually pleasing and presentable to consumers. Now every time I’m on a bus or a train, I tend to notice the different kinds of posters and advertisements.
Before coming to Children’s, I did not know what to expect; my mom joked around and asked if I was going to be painting the walls of the hospital for the kids. I never really noticed that every single institution or company needed a team of designers. That’s a huge thing that I learned; that design is incorporated into almost every aspect of society. In this day and age, we live in a world that would not function without design. Design shapes the world, and because of Patrick, everyone at Children’s, and especially all of Youth Design, I know I definitely want to incorporate design into my life.
Thanks to our Youth Design mentor Patrick Bibbons