“So what are your plans? What are you going to do for work? Where are you going next?” I get these questions A LOT. My standard I-respect-you-and-your-time answer has been: …
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A Year of Living Simply
2017 was a wild, wild ride. She upheaved my career, downgraded my income, and uprooted me from what I long considered my home. She shot me out of my 2-bedroom Brooklyn apartment, …
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The Life Changing Magic of Chasing the F*#ks
“You are so inspiring. I want to be like you.” “Yegads, please. Set your sights higher,” I advised. “No really. I thought I was being stupid and irresponsible for doing …
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The Design Chronicles #5: Deep Thoughts
This course has taken over my life, so this is all I can muster up for now. Packaging Deep Thoughts (Backstory: we recently had a brief where I was to …
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The Design Chronicles #4: The Voice
This design course is my current battle field. Each day, I am forced to bleed out yet another new idea from a fully-drained idea bank. I shatter nerves and pull muscle …
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The Design Chronicles #3: It’s You, Not Me
The other week, our class was split into groups. Each group was tasked to create a brand concept around a product that would target a specific demographic. The demographic we were given was …
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The Design Chronicles #2: Mood Board Awakenings
This week, we were introduced to the mood board. Many mood boards. After receiving a client brief and before doing anything — putting pencil to paper, conjuring up color palettes, or …
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The Design Chronicles #1: Into the Wild
I’ve hurled myself headfirst into one of the most ridiculous situations I’ve ever been in. I am now attending a 3-month, intensive, full-time Visual Design course. I knew it was …
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Sacred Space
London It is 4:30 in the (very early) morning. It’s absolutely silent other than the hum of the radiator; dark other than the glow of the kitchen light. The autumn …
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New York, the Buddhist
London “New York will always be here, and [will] never care,” a friend texted. Another friend, in a separate conversation, intimated, “When you leave New York, the void left will instantly …
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