Coworker Sign Project
A project in which I become the decorator of cubicles in a bland government building. Puns and nerdiness abound.
I work on a program with 40 or so of the oddest, loudest humans ever collected in one place. (And I say this with love and affection as I fit right in.) They are nerds with varied professional interests, be it math, physics, engineering, military operations, and/or political science. As part of an overall effort to reduce the footprint of our organization, we moved from working in three different buildings to a floor full of dull, tan cubicles. Most of the folks I work with aren't the cube-decorating type so I decided to make something special for each person I work with, making little signs for them.
My ideas come from all over - maybe it's something about their personal history, something they say over and over again, something in their fandom, a quote they'd like. No two are the same though I have repeated the same quote a few times by specific request. So far, I've made 18 of these little signs with several repeats and a couple I didn't get pictures of before gifting; one of those said "I don't know, I just work here" and another "Please don't make me model the ammunition." Again, these all make perfect sense if you know the person they're made for.
All my designs except top left and top right (Shitpost Sampler), middle left and center (Stitch Stories Stick), spherical cow (Sonova Stitch). "All models" quote is from the Father of Operations Research, George Box.
All above are my designs. Orange is a quote attributed to Bill Nye. Blue quote is from Octavia Buttler. Middle is something my coworker says CONSTANTLY.