artist hours

“We need to learn to love the flawed, imperfect things that we create, and to forgive ourselves for creating them. Regret doesn’t remind us that we did badly — it reminds us that we know we can do better.”

“The best designer is an aware designer. The best design solutions are found by deconstructing problems as they arise in our own lives. What habits can we as designers form to provide us with a more objective clarity in answering these problems? How can we apply these solutions to existing products? When is it time to build new products? There is an intersection between the cultivation of habit, personal experience and design application – it is nourishing and magic and something we should all strive to evoke.” — Craig Mod

“Design thinking is the future. Of everything. So say I, so say my classmates, the professors, and the high-profile business professionals coming to visit SCAD.

This goes beyond creating something pretty, or making a quick buck (both of which I am all for, by the way.) Design thinking is about designing an experience (be it product, business or otherwise) around the wants and unforeseen needs of people; putting people first, and the product second. It’s about digging reallydeep, making hard decisions, and putting the absolute best creative effort forward. It’s about all of this andmuch more in the face of what has become a world full of… well, empty promises.”

“Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings are more thrilling than understanding could ever be.” ~Toni Morrison

“A RELATIVELY new field, called interpersonal neurobiology, draws its vigor from one of the great discoveries of our era: that the brain is constantly rewiring itself based on daily life. In the end, what we pay the most attention to defines us. How you choose to spend the irreplaceable hours of your life literally transforms you.”