Each day, Art Director Kerri Davis surrounds herself with great colors, fun fonts and creative colleagues. I recently squeezed myself into the mix to ask a few questions about what keeps her going during an average work day (as if "average" is a word we should even use in reference to the art department).

What is the first thing you do when you get to the office each morning? I put my Whole Foods salad (yes, I get one most every day) in the fridge and get a cup of coffee in my fabulous "Helvetica" coffee mug. Then I check email.

What's your favorite non-electric tool you use for work?
I think I just answered that in the first question. My husband gave me the Helvetica mug for Christmas and I love it.

Do you doodle while on the phone or in meetings? What do you doodle?
Sometime I doodle. I just heard on NPR that doodling helps you focus better. I plan to doodle more. I am more into shapes and patterns and building onto them.

What communications medium helps you the most during the day?
I love IM, both for work and for home. Sometimes my husband and I have the best conversations that way. At home we are tending to the girls and helping with homework and housework, so IM during the day lets us say things that we are thinking about at that moment and not something we have to remember to discuss at night.

How do you refocus if you're having trouble concentrating or getting the creativity flowing?
A new day usually. There are days that you just can't get to that creative place, but usually I just need some time away from the computer. When I am struggling, I start to pay closer attention to everything I look at: I watch commercials closer or I notice something about a sign or the shape of something. One time the bathroom drain caught my eye (the pattern of it) and it inspired something. Not sure why I remember that, but that's the kind of stuff I am talking about.