January 14, 2013
The Washington DC chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) toured the Eisenhower Executive Office Building and met with four members of President Barack Obama’s Office of Digital Strategy.
PHOTO CAPTIONS:
1. Why yes! We DO have an appointment!
2. Obtain the requisite large-letter-pass on lanyard.
3. Our group finds the design of this cardboard sign to be "unpresidential."
4. To the metal detectors…
5. The Eisenhower Executive Office Building houses the offices of a majority of the White House staff.
6. The iconic corridors with their diamond floor patterns (as well as US Marines in blue dress uniforms...) are impressive.
7. It is not easy to get to the corner of West Executive Avenue and State Place.
8. In 2013 this is Bruce Reed’s office.
9. Advise us out of this bad economy... damn it!
10. Oddly enough no actual Indian treaties were signed or broken in this room.
11. The Indian Treaty Room is the former Navy Department Library Reception Room.
12. Creative Director, Kodiak Starr (in grey jacket next to TV), talks about a project that was mocked on the Colbert Report.
13. We met with one White House photographer and four members of the Office of Digital Strategy.
14. View of the West Wing from the window of the Indian Treaty room. It was a dark and cloudy day...
15. "Pebble Beach," just outside the West Wing, where TV reporters conduct live broadcasts.
16. A silver star detail on the corner of large marble wall panel.
17. Elegantly crafted gold doorknobs feature Navy insignia.
18. Latin reads “If you wish for peace, prepare for war.”
19. The famous Minton tiles (from Stoke-upon-Trent, England) adorn the floors of the Capitol and the EEOB.
20. Undoubtedly the first and last time I will EVER BE in the EEOB!
