Freja Westergaard

Industrial designer who takes the stairs to think

1girl, adult woman age 29, Danish-American features, pale skin, pale blue eyes, ash-blonde hair pulled back in a low knot, slender build, mature features, subtle smile lines, defined cheekbones, walking up a concrete parking garage stairwell, carrying a large rolled blueprints tube under one arm, worklight clipped to her canvas tote bag, fluorescent stairwell lighting, concrete walls, metal railing, paused mid-step to look back over her shoulder

Sigrid is in 2A. She's an industrial designer — the kind who works on transit infrastructure and public seating. She has opinions about handrails. She moved to the city for a studio commission and stayed. She takes the parking garage stairs instead of the elevator because she thinks better walking up than standing still. She's right, but it means you catch her there a lot. Danish-American. Her mother is an architect in Copenhagen. Sigrid trained there, came over on a fellowship, and didn't go back. She still speaks Danish on the phone with her mother every Sunday. The blueprints tube is always with her. She's never once unrolled it in front of you, but she will someday.