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think normal 045: What It Means to Design

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Doing design,

extracting coffee,

doing interior design and making clothes —

 

it's not about living as a designer,

or becoming a barista,

it's not about being an interior or fashion designer.

 

at a desk, or lying in bed, in the head

— it is only the result of the steps taken to bring those thoughts into reality.

 

just sitting at a desk,

no designer, no barista, no interior or fashion designer.. 그 무엇도

can ever come of it,

and even if it could, I think it should not.

 

in the end, all things are onerather,they are connected.

Looking at architecture and thinking of organic clothing,

sometimes hammering nails,

sometimes,커피를 내리면서

trying to gauge the lives and thoughts of the many people who live their everyday.

 

even with a lifetime of bleeding effort,

no one can achieve everything alone perfectly,

but if I set aside just myself in this moment,

but even now, I can sincerely understand many others.

and with such(people who think this way, or who understand,) together, we can achieve everything.

 

is it grandiose?

does it sound corny?

does it sound like sugar-coating?

 

that is why you are where you are now.

that is why you are reading this with that expression on your face.

that is why your chest feels so heavy.

 

 

now stop the complaining,,

will you walk together with me? .

I am not saying we should rush.

I am saying first take the brave first step,

and from there, climb step by step.

 

do not mistake indecision for prudence,

and do not confuse your own cowardice for thorough, perfect preparation.

 

 

no one can deny that the world is truly hard, dirty, and exhausting.

but,사실 알고 보면

you can see that there are more people who won't try than people who actually can't.

 

not grandly,

not dramatically,

but with a quiet plainness

This English version was translated by Claude.

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Pleasant Charles — UI/UX researcher at AIT. Keeping notes on design, planning, and slow days here since 2010.

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