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Celebrating a second year of freelancing
Today I mark another year as an independent design director, another year which has brought a lot of exciting opportunities. I’ve experienced a shift from working on a few long-term projects to a large variety of shorter-term ones across multiple industries, everything from high tech to health care. For a second semester, I’ve taught graduate…
Celebrating a whole year of freelancing
Incredible that it has been one full year since the day I submitted my resignation letter at Landor and embarked on this roller coaster adventure it’s been to work as a freelancer. It has been challenging, exciting, and rewarding on a professional level. Some of the highlights? Being able to see from the inside of…
Now that I freelance I know: Don’t let perfection stop you
Continuing with my series of posts on discoveries and surprises I’ve made during my first year of freelancing, I want to use this third installment to share some thoughts I’ve developed in my relation to perfectionism. I’ve always been of this school of thought: great designers are perfectionists by nature. With design being all about…
Now that I freelance I know: Time is money
Continuing with my series of posts on discoveries and surprises I’ve made during my first year of freelancing, this one focuses on how my views on time and money have evolved. I remember many conversations with my dad over the years when he would ask me how could I be satisfied with being an employee.…
Now that I freelance I know: The power in a routine
In exactly one week I will be reaching my first year as a freelancer, following 11 years of working as an employee at Landor Associates. I thought a fitting way to celebrate this milestone: sharing some surprises and learnings this new independence has brought with it by starting a sporadic series of posts I’ll call Now…