Brown, Jody. AN ARCHITECT'S DRESS CODE

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An Architects Dress Code
An Architects Dress code (Revised 9-12-11) Employees contribute to the culture and reputation of the SVEHN JSSANG ATELJE in the way they present themselves. An Architectural appearance is essential to a favorable impression with clients, and company shareholders (ie. Svehn). Good grooming and appropriate dress should reflect an employees confidence in his/her aesthetic convictions and inspire others to realize that they are dressed unimaginatively. An Architects attire should be minimal yet condescending at the same time. Managers may exercise good discretion to determine appropriateness in appearance. Architects who do not meet a professional standard may be mocked and sent home to change. Some basic essentials of appropriate dress include the wearing of black and the need for clothing to be neat, clean, and expensive. Note: at no time will an employee be permitted to remove his or her air of superiority. Management may make exceptions for special occasions (ie. An employee is exceptionally attractive, or has especially fit ankles). An employee unsure of what is appropriate should check with Svehn. (Please close the door behind you). Architectural casual dress will be permitted on Fridays. Architectural casual is defined as follows: Acceptable shirts: Black shirts, Black turtlenecks, Black T-shirts, Black long sleeve Tshirts, Black tunics. Inappropriate shirts : White T-shirts, shirts with slogans, tank tops, muscle shirts, crop tops, Plaid shirts, Striped shirts, shirts with patterns or mixed-patterns, anything with flower prints, or birds or lighthouses on it, non-black color, neon, hairshirts, anything with a visible logo or label, anything that brings to mind the word polo. Acceptable Pants: Black slacks, Black Jeans, Prada. Inappropriate pants : Shorts, trousers, tights, Khakis, pleats, double pleats, triple pleats, anything with more than 4 pockets, polyester, Eddie Bauer. Acceptable Footwear: Black boots, black leather minimally designed shoes. Depending on the department, Black athletic shoes may be worn on the annual company hiking day. Inappropriate footwear: Brown leather, tassels, loafers, penny loafers, Sandals, crocs, clogs, flip-flops, any footwear appropriate for the yacht, should remain on the yacht, Architects do not design yachts. Acceptable eyewear: Black-rimmed-round glasses, Black-rectangular-framed glasses (if you
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Inappropriate eyewear: Colored frames, Tortoise shell, 20/20 vision. Acceptable bag: Black messenger-bag.
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Inappropriate bag: any bag except a black messenger bag. Acceptable hair color: Bald, grey, white, clear. Inappropriate hair color: Blond or, optimistic. Acceptable fragrance or aroma: Indistinct, not unpleasant, or French roast. Inappropriate fragrance or aroma: fear. An Architects attire should incite one of the following acceptable emotions: Angst, ennui, malaise, ensomhet, disinterest, simplicity, arrogance. An Architects attire should NOT incite any of the following emotions : Happiness, relevance. Svehns personal assistants may require additional guidelines. Architects who need to leave work to change clothes for meetings will take personal time or vacation time to do so. If you are meeting clients, business dress is appropriate, and you should remain quiet. These policies may be changed as the fashions change. In conclusion: An Architects attire should tell you nothing about them, while at the same time, it should tell you everything about them, although, they probably wont understand . {Cheers via Coffee with an Architect}
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Dustin
That joke w as funny the first couple of times I heard it that w as in first year B.Arch.
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Does It Matter
Dustin,
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I sense from the tone in your response that you hold tight to these regulations in the dress code. Good for you, but a joke, even a dead as a beaten horse joke, is still a joke. (So laugh). Sincerly, A sarcastic architecture student w ho still laughs.
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James
is about as imaginative as his jokes. Maybe if he spent less time w riting about how so many architects cant back it up could recognize that he is in fact, not backing it up.
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Anyone as sanctimonious as Jody Brow n needs to be a better designer than Jody Brow n. His w ork
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Did Gigazuri Daud

but now ,, :D :D
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Kristina
the less i get the more i prefer yellow :)
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Lucas
James !!! i salute you less infilling and coffee and more talent and perpective
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Lucas
and yes, i am dyslexic and dont check my grammar
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AVEY0007
Frank Loyd Wright w ore hats.
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marty
and a cape too.
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w
Is Steve Jobs an architect too?
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piratejoe
yes.
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No
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Tamara
:D :D :D
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auto
so ideally w e should have a hand like a crab.
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novie w
haha.. funny
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Kevin
Joke?
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Marshall
sandals are an exception. THIS SITE IS LIKE A BOARDING SCHOOL!!!
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The w hole no optimism thing is w rong. We are not robots. You are allow ed to have some color. Nice
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HD
Uhhhthe Architects that make the real $$$ design yachts. You w ant to design a yacht.
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bobechs
You mean a marine architect. Thing is, you have to join the marines first; bummer.
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