Hasta La Ideas

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Editor: Where we last left off, Design Ninja had practically killed himself to generate 100 concept drawings, in an effort to impress the design consultancy where he’d been hired. Now it’s time for the client presentation. Will they be wowed?

I felt both relieved and worried, standing there at the baggage carousel, watching my giant plastic bins come tumbling down the slide. Relieved that the airline hadn’t lost them, and worried that the drawings might be damaged. I wanted to take the tape off of the bins and check them right then and there, but my boss said we didn’t have time; our flight had been slightly delayed and this was one of those in-and-out meetings.

Before I knew it we were in a minivan taxi on the way to Ninja Throwing Stars LTD’s headquarters.

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