People trust you a lot more when you’ve got Nothing to hide.

It doesn’t look like today. But it feels closer than we think.

On the surface, it feels like we’re making progress, like we’re slowly shifting towards a more responsible way of designing and consuming. But the more you look at it, the more it starts to feel like something isn’t quite right.

What makes a great designer?
It’s easy to jump to things like talent, taste or education, but the more I look at designers like Charles and Ray Eames, the more it feels like the answer is something far less glamorous. It’s consistency. It’s the ability to show up every single day and commit to a process, even when the outcome isn’t clear.

AI is changing our lives; it’s making them a lot more human. We’re removing monotony, idleness and brain-rot and replacing it with human connection, community and experience.

To me that’s where great design originates. The ability to open your mind to a world of influence, seeing places and people first hand, learning from every experience with an end goal of really finding out who you are. Finding out what matters to you, what gets you out of bed in the morning, what change you want to see in the world. Is it the pursuit of solving the world’s greatest issues, or just simply appreciating the fresh air?

It’s easy to look back with rose tinted lenses and think of simpler times, but in actuality we’re so close to this amazing life we all dream of. We just need to start experiencing again. Start making things happen.

The UK’s GDP has doubled since 1971. The World’s has increased 5-fold since then. You feel like you’re in a better financial situation, don’t you? For most of us, the answer is no.

I wrote 2 whole pages of blog, tried to drag in a photo and it deleted everything. Pretty annoyed. I’ll come back to this when I have the mental strength to do so.

It’s the reason why we use ceramic plates instead of colourful paper ones, high-class technology instead of low-cost clunky machines. We’ve become slaves to instant gratification, impulse purchases. It’s time to invest in ourselves and our environments.

Wear the things that are made to be worn, enjoy the things that are meant to be enjoyed.

The end goal isn’t to have a bullet-pointed list of your favourite things, it’s the personal development that comes from trying to find them out.

Have you ever been prevented from travelling somewhere due to the conditions of the environment?
Around 2000 years ago, the Inuit people came up with a solution.