{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"crowdspring Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog","author_name":"Audree Rowe","author_url":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/author\/audree\/","title":"12 Questions: Meet Michael Irby (USA) - crowdspring Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"yTwY9XfqjR\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/12-questions-meet-michael-irby-usa\/\">12 Questions: Meet Michael Irby (USA)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/12-questions-meet-michael-irby-usa\/embed\/#?secret=yTwY9XfqjR\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;12 Questions: Meet Michael Irby (USA)&#8221; &#8212; crowdspring Blog\" data-secret=\"yTwY9XfqjR\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/images.crowdspring.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/27132602\/profile_pic_21.jpg","thumbnail_width":"500","thumbnail_height":"468","description":"In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community \u2013 in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly \u2013 activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something very special, and we\u2019ll take notice. We\u2019re very proud to feature Michael Irby (crowdSPRING username: 3squared) today. Michael lives and works in Coeur d&#8217;Alene, Idaho. 1. Please tell us about yourself. I grew up primarily in the Southeastern part of the U.S. where I earned a BS in Industrial Design.\u00a0 Although the school was highly accredited, the program focused on quick sketching and marker rendering techniques.\u00a0 While these are formidable skills, I found myself lacking the much needed computer design skill set that employers wanted and the desire to move to the big cities where they were located.\u00a0 Hell, I didn&#8217;t even have a computer.\u00a0 I moved to beautiful Coeur d&#8217;Alene, Idaho, seeking that quality of life we all talk about.\u00a0 Since then I have been a bartender, restaurant manager and cabinet maker.\u00a0 I bought a house with my girlfriend and we now have 2 cats and 2 dogs.\u00a0 We recently purchased a Mac (my girlfriend is studying graphic design) and I started reading her design text books.\u00a0 I signed up for crowdSPRING as a way to challenge myself to learn the software, and it has been a blast ever since. 2. How did you become interested in design? I became interested in design as a child.\u00a0 I collected comic books and would spend hours trying to draw the covers (mostly Todd McFarlane&#8217;s work).\u00a0 I could replicate anything I could see, but was not very gifted at creating drawings from scratch.\u00a0 I put\u00a0 the idea of a career in creativity aside and followed a path towards science, until my senior year in high school when I was required to take creative writing and art history.\u00a0 Both reignited the need to do something unique and unusual.\u00a0 When I discovered Industrial Design at my local university, it seemed the perfect blend of both worlds."}