Four completely different individuals, living opposite lives are connected through design. Commonalities between Marion Bantjes, Bruce Mau, Stefan Bucher and Stefan Sagmeister pertain to their design process. For example, Marion Bantjes states on her personal website, "Inspiration is that unexpected moment of discovery when the mind leaps to a new place triggered by something interesting. That something interesting can be a thing you've read of seen on the street, or in a book or gallery, or piece of music, or something really great or something really awful..."
Within interviews and presentations Stefan Bucher has explained to multiple audiences that his design process usually involved inspiration and having the initial idea he wanted to unleash. Likewise, Stefan Sagmeister suggests going out for walks, travel and going outside to find inspiration. It seems as though all of these individuals use inspiration as an important tool within their design processes. Much like my own personal practices, I as well use inspiration to problem solve. Even when a project isn't impending, I believe that it is crucial to travel, go out and experience everything you can just for personal reasons alone. And hey! I obtained an internship even though I thought I wasn't ready because I wanted to push myself. I made myself apply for a spot in the ADCC portfolio review even though I am not graduating for another year. I traveled to the countryside of Cuba to talk to the Cubans living far away from the cities because I had never been to Cuba before. I don't mind spending a lot of time and money on experience because it is priceless, will it run me into the ground? Who knows but at least I'll feel like what I've learned has worth. Through experience I enable myself to be open and never stop learning.
I am very fortunate to explore and work in such a fulfilling career path for myself. And it is very inspiring to me, to see these four individuals do what they do, because they want to.
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