{"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 Rod MacGregor (Spain) - crowdspring Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"y17VpnM0Gp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/12-questions-meed-rod-macgregor-spain\/\">12 Questions: Meet Rod MacGregor  (Spain)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/12-questions-meed-rod-macgregor-spain\/embed\/#?secret=y17VpnM0Gp\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;12 Questions: Meet Rod MacGregor  (Spain)&#8221; &#8212; crowdspring Blog\" data-secret=\"y17VpnM0Gp\" 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\/11\/27132539\/Rod-MacGregor-Title-Image.jpg","thumbnail_width":"500","thumbnail_height":"250","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 Rod MacGregor (crowdSPRING username: Rodesign) today. Rod lives and works in Valencia, Spain. 1. Please tell us about yourself. I feel honored that crowdSPRING flew me out to Chicago on Ross\u2019s private jet for this interview. Thanks guys. (Ha,ha). I live in a small mountain village near the Mediterranean Sea, in the community of Valencia in Spain. I was Born in England and lived there for the first forty years of my life. I am married and have a daughter, 8 and a son 3. We moved to Spain seven and a half years ago for a culture change and have enjoyed every moment of it. I suppose in the back of my mind, I wish I could have started this interview by saying that I worked for a number of top design agencies around the world and I&#8217;m only 28&#8230;But that is far from the truth. The truth is I am 47 years old and have worked as a waiter, a shipping clerk, a Tug Boat Skipper(14 years),a builders mate, an electricians mate, a pine tree planter (in the Spanish mountains), a house painter and a car test driver (in South Africa). I don&#8217;t regret a minute of it&#8230;I suppose I would have been bored if I&#8217;d have sat in a design office for all of that time! My artistic work during my life includes, book illustration, greetings card design, animation, painting, architectural 3d visualization, sculpture, video and installation and I have a First class honours degree in Fine Art. 2. How did you become interested in design? I got a good feeling inside from seeing creations and artwork by others. We are surrounded by design in our lives and it\u2019s hard not to be interested in it."}