AECOM, Abu Dhabi

17/08/2010 (Tue)
Today was the day where you could say 'proper work' for the company began. A graphic design collegue asked me to prepare a large InDesign document showcasing a list of our sub-consultants involved in various projects in order to show to our clientele featuring their vision and portfolio based on various projects. The tedious process involved uploading individual pdf's to a book which later came to the number of 583 pages. Nonetheless it helped me with understanding InDesign to a much higher level, especially when it enabled me to easily remember a number of key shortcuts to save time. This document was not completed on this date, after long hours of importing pdf's and compiling media into acceptable page layouts I only managed to reach page 338, it was a stressful ordeal because 4 copies of the completed document had to be printed off the follwoing morning by 10:00, where we would hand these bounded books to the lead architect on a number of active projects. It was important that we kept to this deadline, so I went home earlier than usual in order to get a good rest, preparing for a long day ahead of me.