Who are you, Shawn? I’m interested in creating physical spaces and experiences, and I work with Clayco; at once a vertically integrated real estate development company, design-build construction company, and full service architecture firm, with the ability to self-perform concrete and curtainwall (glass) on a large scale basis. What’s really fun about Clayco, is that our integrated delivery methodology keep us on the cutting edge of building delivery. As a commitment to changing with way we build buildings, we created an internal innovation incubator within Clayco called Treehouse Adventures. At Treehouse we have launched MU/DAI, a user experience design firm...
I make clothes in Chicago. How did you land on your current profession and (notably awesome) lifestyle? What were the most important steps that got you to where you are? My first job out of college was working on the trading floor at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and I realized early on that wasn’t for me. After two years, I decided to make clothes. The only problem was that I didn’t know the first thing about the apparel industry. So I worked a series of jobs to learn as much as I could. If it was relevant to apparel, I...
