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I'm a designer with a passion for all things creative and inspiring.

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“Do we still feel Safe?” (at United States)

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Start asking what if—so you can start thinking of all the possibilities! Live in a space of possibilities.

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A successful identity must be unique, iconic, honest, and communicate all at the same time.

Calvin K Carter

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Sometimes saying more with less is best.

Calvin K Carter

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Good design is invisible

your heart

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Design is the appropriate combination of materials in order to solve a problem.

Charles Eames

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Be aware of your everyday patterns and find beauty and inspiration in it.

Nate Manny

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Creatives are the most disorganized people on the planet, but they're the people that make our lives interesting.

Scott Belsky

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The Skinniest House In The World innovation + design

The house (officially an "art installation," because it doesn't meet Polish building code) is slated to fill a crack between a pair of buildings in Warsaw's Wola district. When construction's finished in December, it'll be the thinnest house in Warsaw and possibly the whole world. We did aquick Google search and couldn't find anything leaner.

Szcz?sny designed the house to be a work space and home for Israeli writer Etgar Keret. It'll also be a "studio for invited guests -- young creators and intellectualists from all over the world." If, that is, they're willing to drop half their body weight to fit inside.

Kidding, kidding. In all seriousness, though, the house is a pretty remarkable feat of architecture. If everything goes according to plan, Szcz?sny will manage to squeeze in designated rooms for sleeping, eating, and working. The place will have off-grid plumbing inspired by boat sewage technology and electricity lifted from a neighbor. To save space, the entry stairs will fold up at the press of a button and become part of the first floor.

Aesthetically, the Keret House isn't gonna win any beauty contests. It'sbeen compared to everything from a pregnancy test to a sanitary napkin. (Our vote is for "pregnancy test.?) Our biggest concern, though, is that it's hardly got any windows. How's it going to 'produce creative work conditions,' as ArchDaily reports, and ?become a significant platform for world intellectual exchange," if it feels like a sensory deprivation chamber? Won't Keret go insane? But maybe that's the point. It's not like he'd be the first artist to benefit from going bat-shit crazy.

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For One, this is amazing! 

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A beautiful Brew. 

A close-up look into the process of the coffee syphon.

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To live a creative life we must loose our fear of being wrong.

Joseph Chilton Pearce

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The absence of limitations is the enemy of art.

Orson Welles

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Keeping people first

A man purchased an Revolutionary New* iPad online when it launched last year. He then returned it almost immediately, affixing a Post-it to the front of the device that simply read, "Wife said no."

Returns processors must have gotten a kick out of it, because the story eventually made its way to a couple of Apple VPs, who refunded the customer and returned the iPad with an attached Post-it that said, "Apple said yes."

Great example of Brand and creating experiences that align with how you want people to see, feel, and remember your Brand.

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I'll be out back. Gonna find a tree to chop down.

Bill Murray, Moonrise Kingdom

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They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

Andy Warhol

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A design morning. #tea #mug #CommunicationArt #mac (Taken with Instagram)