At Propel Studio, we’re doing our part to take the recommendations of social distancing seriously. We have made a few temporary changes in how we work:

• Our staff have all shifted to a working from home

• Our project meetings have shifted to video conferencing 

• We are now collaborating remotely, utilizing design software & sharing sketches

• We’re all learning, but so far so good

For new clients who may be interested in working with us, we are still offering design consultations, only now we’ve shifted these online. These have worked well so far. We’ve had people join us by desktop, phone, or tablet - someone recently walked us around their space using their camera phone to share and discuss ideas.

For our existing clients, we continue to push projects forward using video design meetings where we’ve been able to present and have interactive work sessions directly out of our design software, or by sharing and marking up a prepared PDF document. Here is a snapshot of one of our recent meetings for an ADU project in Design Development:

During these challenging times with the Covid-19 pandemic, we are trying our best to move our projects forward while fully embracing the #stayhomesavelives recommendation. Our hearts go out to anyone who has been affected by the Coronavirus, and we thank everyone who is working the front lines of this pandemic to keep us all going and healthy.

Please #stayhomestayhealthy #flattenthecurve and we look forward to being together again on the other side!

Cheers,

The Propel Studio Team

List of programs and software that we’ve been utilizing most while working from home:

• Online meeting / screen sharing/ video recording: Google Meet

• File sharing: Google Documents

• Project management: Monograph

• Design tools: Revit Architecture, Adobe Creative Suite, Bluebeam Revu

Tips for productive web conferencing:

• Using the mute button when possible to filter unwanted noises

• Dressing appropriately - at least from your waist up! : )

• Strong internet connection - turn off unnecessary background tasks that may be using data