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Who are you:
Olga Pankova
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Your current job:
Designer, type designer, letterer and a little bit teaching
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In which city are you located?
Moscow
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A word to define what kind of worker you are:
Diligent
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What tools are essential to your life (app, software, etc..):
Laptop, Adobe Software, Robofont, moleskine, pencil, pen, tracing paper, brush, marker, chalk…
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What does your office space look like?
It looks like home, actually it is. Attic in a hundred year old house, it is light and cozy.
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What kind of music do you listen when you are working?
I listen to one of the radio stations, because music there is different and I am always up to the latest news. But It’s very important to catch the right radio wave!
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Do you have a way to organize your day to maximize your work?
I do a list of tasks and prioritize and try to follow them.
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What tips would you give to improve productivity?
You have to take a small breaks: play kicker, have quick walk, talk to your colleges, and again back to work!
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You’re better than your colleagues to:
know what a word modesty means.
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What is the best advice anyone has given you?
Work hard and do not listen to any advices
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What is your best tip for saving time?
Switching to different tasks helps not to dig in one work and to be productive.
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What is your routine start and end of the day?
I start and finish my day always with a smile and a cup of coffee with milk and sugar.
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Aside from your computer and your phone, what gadget can you not you go without?
Moleskine, pencil and my bike (in the warm season) 🙂