From the Curator 😎💻
Yo, What's up! Joseph here
I hope you’ve been crushing it this week! For me, the week started off by ending my Work From Home vacation and moving back into the office. 😅 Let’s just say, I need a coffee machine on my desk…
If you enjoyed this issue of Life of a Designer, consider buying me a coffee to show your support!👇
Video of the Week 🎥
Let’s be honest, we’ve all felt vulnerable and like we aren’t good enough sometimes. You can read more about it in my last post called Am I Good Enough for This..? But to sum it all up, I made a video about it to reassure you that YOU’VE GOT THIS!!
From the Socials 📲
To continue with the motivation, I’m sharing with you a carousel post by another architectural creator. Mike is an architect helping you by sharing tips on career and mindset in architecture! Give him a follow and check out his content, I know it resonates with me!
Article of the Week 📚
I hope you’re not pooped yet… I’ll try to keep it brief.
Shigeru Ban is just one of the many architects creating public restrooms in Tokyo for the Tokyo Toilet project. The article is written by Tom Ravenscroft from Dezeen.
Who else is low-key interested and excited about this..?
Restrooms are insanely intimate, you know? You sit there… minding your business and then all of a sudden you hear footsteps and a stall open up. At that moment you’re not alone anymore, insanely vulnerable and exposed but then you flush.. and then they flush and for that brief moment, you want to reach over and give the other person a high-five for a job well done! Teamwork makes the dream work!!
And now to think that every vulnerably beautiful moment you spend on the toilet can be inside a work of beautiful architecture.. or a colored glass room? The added safety benefits of Shigeru Bans design are pretty great too! Obviously, taking advantage of cool glass tech, you’re never really exposed. Once you lock the door the glass frosts over to give you privacy but also to let people know that it’s being occupied. You’ll have to read the rest to find out more but I just think designing beautiful restrooms is pretty sweet!
Freebie of the Week 🤑👀
I’ll release a few free graphic assets from my personal library every week and sometimes more! I hope you downloaded the files from last week because they are now gone! DUN DUN DUN!!! Not to worry though, I plan on bringing them back soon. Subscribe to this newsletter and I’ll let you know when you can download all of the assets!
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I'll be back next week, same time, same place! 💪🏽