Karim Rashid
Karim Rashid is a brilliant industrial designer. I once read a list of 50 of his core beliefs, and found many to be very inspiring. Here are some of them:
+ Don't Specialize.
+ Treat [everyone] the way you would like to be treated.
+ Before birthing anything physical, ask yourself if you have created an original idea or if there is any value in what you plan to disseminate.
+ Know everything about your current project - then forget it all when you design something new.
+ Never say "I could have done that," because you didn't.
+ Observe everything, everyone, and every moment.
+ Don't work with someone if you sense different views just because you believe there is potential, because there probably isn't.
+ There is not potential in everything or every project.
+ Don't work on your weaknesses, work on your strengths.
+ If you don't like your job, quit.
+ If you aren't good at what you do, do something else.
+ For everything you buy, give away another thing so you stay at an equilibrium and never accumulate more than you need.
+ Consume experiences, not things.
+ Do six things at once - multitask. That way you'll never be bored.
+ Don't use words like "taste", "class", "boredom", "ugly" or "mass".
+ Pleasure is more psychological than physical.
+ Minimalism is boring; sensual minimalism is friendly.
+ More is more.
+ Don't dream it, be it.
+ Celebrate technology.
+ Normal is not good.
+ Never be satisfied with your work.
+ Perseverance, consistency, and rigor constitute success.
+ Being famous should not be a priority - work should be.
+ Pay your dues; learn from others.
+ Think extensively, not intensively.
+ Think relaxed, not rigid.
+ Be the change you want to see in the world (Gandhi).
+ Experience is the most important part of living; the exchange of ideas and human contact is what life is. Space and objects can encourage increased experience or distract from your experiences.
+ Edit your life.
+ Accomplish addition by subtraction.
+ The past is pointless.
+ Here and now is all we've got.
+ Don't Specialize.
+ Treat [everyone] the way you would like to be treated.
+ Before birthing anything physical, ask yourself if you have created an original idea or if there is any value in what you plan to disseminate.
+ Know everything about your current project - then forget it all when you design something new.
+ Never say "I could have done that," because you didn't.
+ Observe everything, everyone, and every moment.
+ Don't work with someone if you sense different views just because you believe there is potential, because there probably isn't.
+ There is not potential in everything or every project.
+ Don't work on your weaknesses, work on your strengths.
+ If you don't like your job, quit.
+ If you aren't good at what you do, do something else.
+ For everything you buy, give away another thing so you stay at an equilibrium and never accumulate more than you need.
+ Consume experiences, not things.
+ Do six things at once - multitask. That way you'll never be bored.
+ Don't use words like "taste", "class", "boredom", "ugly" or "mass".
+ Pleasure is more psychological than physical.
+ Minimalism is boring; sensual minimalism is friendly.
+ More is more.
+ Don't dream it, be it.
+ Celebrate technology.
+ Normal is not good.
+ Never be satisfied with your work.
+ Perseverance, consistency, and rigor constitute success.
+ Being famous should not be a priority - work should be.
+ Pay your dues; learn from others.
+ Think extensively, not intensively.
+ Think relaxed, not rigid.
+ Be the change you want to see in the world (Gandhi).
+ Experience is the most important part of living; the exchange of ideas and human contact is what life is. Space and objects can encourage increased experience or distract from your experiences.
+ Edit your life.
+ Accomplish addition by subtraction.
+ The past is pointless.
+ Here and now is all we've got.
posted by jim at 5:24 PM
2 Comments:
where did you read it? please quote your source? would love to read it in total.
I read the list in a magazine - I think it was to promote his book, "Design Your Self: Rethinking the Way You Live, Love, Work, and Play".
Thanks for bringing me back to this list again - it was nice getting reacquainted with it.
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