As my second summer at Youth Design approaches, I look back to the things I learned last year: not to fear asking questions, how to navigate a professional work environment, the importance of being accountable and responsible, and effective problem solving. The list goes on and on. Now the time has come to collect all of these new skills, and direct them towards this coming summer. I want to focus all of the concepts and ideas I collected in my first year of Youth Design towards this year and build upon the foundation and create a self sustaining structure of knowledge and skills, that I will continue to build up and improve throughout my life.

The thought of being placed in a new working environment with new people and new projects is both daunting and extremely exciting. I’ve been in the Korn Design / Youth Design office for so long that I’m completely at ease with the people and the space, I’m a little nervous about adapting to a new environment. At the same time, I’m eager to dive right into new waters and learn everything that there is to learn.

I’m really looking forward to the Thursday Morning Workshops for this summer, because they were really great last summer. They opened my eyes to the wide range of careers that involve design and how many different pathways there are to take. I can’t wait to see what’s in store this year. I’m confident that the summer will provide an amazing learning experience, and I plan to take advantage of it to the fullest.

- Daniel Smelansky

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