Welcome.

Hey ya'll. Welcome to my blog: Design Different

I'm still working on some of the details to the blog, but for now I have the bare bones. Starting today, I will be sharing you the world of design through my eyes. I see things different and I design different. So here goes nothing:

My name is Andrea Piamonte (Piamonte means foot of the mountain in Italian or Latin, can't remember which language). I'm currently a senior at the University of Missouri in Columbia with a Magazine Journalism major and a Sociology minor. I'm originally from Dallas, TX and no, I have not rode a horse/gone to a rodeo/wear cowboy boots everyday.

I currently juggle two  jobs. I work as a Communications and Marketing Intern for Healthy For Life: T.E. Atkins Wellness Program during the day and I bartend at B-12 Bar and Grill by night. In addition to those jobs and school, this semester I will be helping to design VOX Magazine and The Columbia Missourian. Needless to say, I don't get much sleep. But I do love staying busy... it makes me feel like I'm actually being productive.

Anyways random non-design things: I am a huge Dallas Mavericks fan. I would like to move to Nashville, Tennessee after I graduate. I like to use power tools and build furniture. I'm only 4'11 (And no, you have to be 4'10 to be legally a midget... I checked). Attending Mizzou and going through the intense and rigorous journalism school has been the best decision I have ever made.

Designing has been my passion for as long as I can remember. Add my love for design with a strong appreciation for journalism and you get Magazine Design.