Enya Honami: From Hellish Design Job to Fun Independent Career

Enya Honami describes her time studying architecture as "hell." Long hours, terrifying professors, impossible workloads, high stress. In the self-illustration below, she is the one sleeping beneath the desk during an all-nighter in the studio. After gaining her degree and getting a job at an architecture firm, she found the workload and stress levels were no better. Honami was overworked to the point of illness, at which point her doctor recommended she take some time off. A friend...