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__The company__ ChaseDesign is a design firm located in Skaneateles in the Finger Lakes Region of New York. They began as an industrial design firm with product and package design at its center. Their capabilities have grown to include corporate identity and brand design, shopper research, the creation of retail environments and shopper orchestration. __The Facilities__ The company has around 100+ employees and two facilities. The main office is the newer and nicer building and this is where most clients are brought to see the firms work and where most meetings high-level in-person meetings occur. The secondary building is where the magic happens. This is where the product design and prototyping occurs. The designers and engineers have intermixed cubicles and can talked to each other while working, and throw stuff at each other to have a little office fun. They have a constantly running 3D printer and the machine shop can make almost anything you can imagine. __The People__ I have worked alongside the designers, engineers, and model makers. Everyone is incredible friendly and there is a fun and loose atmosphere, yet during the gring of upcoming deadlines, it can get pretty quiet and almost boring. There is less and less work coming the way of the product designers as the company is shifting to more retail work. __Culture and Structure__ ChaseDesign has a vertical business structure with a clear hierarchy established for project decision. I have been lucky enough to get a good taste of most positions including shadowing the president Marty Cregg. He trusts that everyone does their job and he knows what they are capable of. On any given day, the firm will have someone visiting their main office and it seems that they are constantly putting on a show for various clients and I think this keeps everyone friendly and on their best behavior because they have to maintain an image.

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