One Day At Haworth by Chiara Marangoni
On October 18 I went to Haworth company to shadow its CEO, Franco Bianchi.
Haworth is an international company of manufacture and design. They have some companies in Europe and Asia. Franco Bianchi is the CEO of Haworth, but he is not the owner. He is Italian, and he moved here almost twenty-two years ago.
I was very excited to have this experience because I love design and I want to go to a design university in Italy after high school. I thought it would be a really good experience for me to understand a little more about how design companies work and if I can like this type of job.
A friend of my host dad works in this company, and it’s because of her I was able to go and do a job shadow with Mr. Bianchi.
In the morning I joined an international meeting with Mr. Bianchi and other co-workers of his. There were also international people connected online. The meeting lasted three hours and they talked about all the international projects and how they are doing. Most of the products were about chairs, and today they promoted online a gaming chair in collaboration with Halo.
I didn’t understand everything during the meeting because of the language and also because they used business words that I don’t know. It was interesting to see how these meetings work and how everybody has an important role to make a good final product.
After the meeting I made a tour of the Haworth stock with Lisa Greenwood, the woman who procured me this opportunity. She showed me how all the products are made and how much work there is after one product. She also gave me a tour of the building because the interior designs are of Haworth and their other companies.
After today I’m more certain that I want to go to a design university, but I don’t yet know what type of design I want to do.
I have to thank Lisa for taking care of me all day, Mr. Bianchi for showing me how his job is and for being very nice and making me feel at home, and I have to say thanks also to my host family because without them I wouldn't be able to do this extraordinary experience.
Haworth is an international company of manufacture and design. They have some companies in Europe and Asia. Franco Bianchi is the CEO of Haworth, but he is not the owner. He is Italian, and he moved here almost twenty-two years ago.
I was very excited to have this experience because I love design and I want to go to a design university in Italy after high school. I thought it would be a really good experience for me to understand a little more about how design companies work and if I can like this type of job.
A friend of my host dad works in this company, and it’s because of her I was able to go and do a job shadow with Mr. Bianchi.
In the morning I joined an international meeting with Mr. Bianchi and other co-workers of his. There were also international people connected online. The meeting lasted three hours and they talked about all the international projects and how they are doing. Most of the products were about chairs, and today they promoted online a gaming chair in collaboration with Halo.
I didn’t understand everything during the meeting because of the language and also because they used business words that I don’t know. It was interesting to see how these meetings work and how everybody has an important role to make a good final product.
After the meeting I made a tour of the Haworth stock with Lisa Greenwood, the woman who procured me this opportunity. She showed me how all the products are made and how much work there is after one product. She also gave me a tour of the building because the interior designs are of Haworth and their other companies.
After today I’m more certain that I want to go to a design university, but I don’t yet know what type of design I want to do.
I have to thank Lisa for taking care of me all day, Mr. Bianchi for showing me how his job is and for being very nice and making me feel at home, and I have to say thanks also to my host family because without them I wouldn't be able to do this extraordinary experience.