Today was my first day at the American Design Club in Brooklyn. I’m spending five days with them, helping to organize, set up, and run a pop-up at the Brooklyn Art Expo.
The show is Friday-Sunday, so today we were at the office organizing. The old Navy Yard has been turned into an industrial park, and their offices and workshops are all set up there. We mainly needed to do inventory. We assigned SKU codes to every product that would be sold (there are over 600–they range from necklaces to coasters to light fixtures) and counted everything before we boxed it up to be sure the right number of things were in the Square system.
I also got to use QuickBooks for the first time which was kind of cool because I’ve heard people in the office talking about it for years.
The office is quite small–Dani, who I knew, a builder named Alex, a new employee named Jacqueline, and the owner named Kiel. It’s a really cool, artistic environment. They’re all clearly so creative and have such great taste. It’s a bit of fresh air after four weeks in formal offices.