From one end of the town to the other, West Chester has extraordinary charm about it. The historic architecture makes virtually every office space an art studio’s dream. To top it off, no matter where your office is, you are walking distance to good beer, great food and even better shopping.
However… Now, don’t get me wrong, I adore everyone that I work with. We have a great time; someone is always saying or doing something that will, inevitably, get them made fun of. There are a lot of common interests, and boredom is a nonentity. That said, our last office was not the largest of spaces. Now, granted, the Principals had only recently gotten started, and could not have foreseen how quickly we’d grow. For the beginning months, after the first new hires and a few interns joined the team, it was close quarters. Basically, throwing a football around the room often ended in someone getting hit (me), because the guys thought it’d be fun to play monkey in the middle in our walk-in-closet–sized “main room.”
The first week of 2008 found slamm moving into a spacious new office, on the third floor of the Chester County Historical Society. Now, not only do the Principals each have their own office, but the designers’ space allows breaks for intense football throwing, um, I mean brainstorming. As with any move, there’s bound to be some growing pains and adjustments, but it’s really all been up hill for us. We have more space to work, to design, to play. The community that works within the Historical Society has taken every step to make us feel welcome, and we can’t thank them enough. Now, if only I could just get Dunkin Doughnuts to deliver here…