IN CONVERSATION: APEX EXPO WITH PATRICK MCENEANY
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Patrick McEneany
Director of Creative Consulting
BMW Group DesignworksUSA
Patrick joined DesignworksUSA to support a growing competency in environmental design and has worked on projects that bridge our transportation and user interface programs. He has lead a wide range of projects in Aviation, hospitality, furniture, and interior design, and also works to provide meaningful results for external clients and partners, including Singapore Airlines, Dassault, Pilatus, Iacobucci and B/E Aerospace.
What are you most looking forward to at this year’s EXPO?
Getting together with all the people I’m interested in speaking to.
One item you can’t travel without?
My plastic shoehorn. I keep it in the outside pocket of my overnight bag so I can slip into my shoes after security. Even though I have Global Entry I still take my shoes off all the time on international flights.
Last place you traveled for fun?
I was in Istanbul. It started as business but I cooked it so it would definitely include a weekend of leisure and it was fantastic.
Favorite meal?
In Istanbul my favorite food was the mussels that they pull out of the Bosphorus and sell for 50c in the streets. You eat them off a big tin plate and they squeeze fresh lemon on them as you eat them.
Old TV shows you can tolerate re-runs of?
I don’t do many but I guess I would say I’m surprised my kids never discovered the classic Warner Brothers cartoons. Those I could do over and over.
Biggest challenge you’ve had to face at work?
Keeping the design team as excited about a project on the last day as they were on the first.
Two things you miss about home when traveling?
Cooking. I’ll make spaghetti as soon as I get home, no matter the time. It drives my family crazy.
Also, the fit of the seat in my car. It’s the first thing that tells me I’m home and I’m always surprised at how comfortable it is.
Fail proof travel tip?
The route I take on the drive to LAX, and where I park for my coffee on the way so I never get a ticket.