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p r in c ip l e 7

rejuvenation

I design to fulfill a personal and professional sense

of reciprocity, of giving back, of legacy, of personal

creative spirit.

There is a reciprocity in design which provides me with a sense of creative

compassion and fulfilment. How I design today, shapes how I will design in
the future. Designs of others that I experience, will shape how I design in

the future. I am shaping design while it also shapes me. Subsequently, as

I design, I embody and retranslate the essence of the designs of those
before me. Michael Weinstock (2013) calls this energy exchange; where

living forms can construct and dynamically maintain themselves by the

‘exchange of energy and materials [...] and in doing so, excrete changed
materials back into their environment’. Design is a symbiotic relationship

between form, space, order and effectiveness. In order to maintain my own

effectiveness, I follow Stephen Covey’s Seven Habits of highly effective
people (1989). The most
important, in my opinion is

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw.

This habit is about looking
after the goose that lays

the golden eggs. In order

to maintain and improve
effectiveness I need to

make sure I am looking after
myself, balancing work and

play & practicing self-care.

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fig 7./ the seven habits of highly effective people/ stephen covey/ pinterest.// manifesto