Weeknote 2
In summary
Emoji of the week: 🇸🇪
3 words to summarise the week: Volvos, midsommar and reflection
Number of steps: 88,615
Average hours of sleep: 8hrs
Inputs
Not many inputs this week as I was preparing for my holiday, flew to Gothenburg mid week and staying for 5 days
Listened to lots of music, but nothing particularly out of my usual playlists
Had an hour or two to explore ‘Volvo City’—the area of Gotëborg where Volvo is based, I’ve wanted to go since I was a kid. Genuine dream come true
My friend took me around Polestar’s HQ, known as ‘The Cube’ which was amazing. So cool to see insides the inner workings of an organisation who I admire
Spent a few hours exploring the World of Volvo museum, spent far too much money in the shop there too… It was great experience and an example of how you can tell the story of your brand, plus it’s products & services
Outputs
Shared my passion of design with my friend who I met up with out her
Sidequests
When visiting Polestar I got to see how an organisation have embedded design in their core purpose. There’s one thing saying these are your principles and another actually sticking to them. It was really refreshing to see
When visiting the World of Volvo museum I was thinking about how we can get so sidetracked in our work and lose sight of our users and what they need. I’m making a pledge to myself to keep pushing the human side of design when working with teams in the future. We can’t lose sight of who our users are
Bugs
Not really any, apart from having to get up at 5am to get to the airport in time!