10b manifesto

Karim Rashid is a creative design specialist/artist. He has created his own creative “Karimanifesto”. Here are ten of his points:

- Don't specialize.

- Before giving birth to anything physical, ask yourself if you have created an original idea, an original concept, and if there is any real value in what you disseminate.

- Know everything about the history of your profession and then forget it all when you design something new.

- Never say: "I could have done that" because you didn't.

- Consume experiences, not things.

- Normal is not good

- There are three types of beings – those who create culture, those who buy culture and those who don’t give a shit about culture. Move between the first two.

- Think extensively, not intensively

- Experience is the most important part of living, and the exchange of ideas and human contact is all life really is. Space and objects can encourage increased experiences or distract from our experiences

- Here and now is all we’ve got.



The point here that speaks to me the most is:
- Never say: "I could have done that" because you didn't.
This is so true and this has happened to me so many times. I have thought about doing something or making something and I don't, but I say that, and really it's a meaningless thing to say. It's like graduating as a lawyer and saying you could have been an astronaut. That's cool and all, but you didn't. You became a lawyer. There was no point in even saying that you could have done something.


Here is a manifesto of my own:

-everything is stolen; you take ideas, thoughts, and anything you know from people, and things around you.

-creativity and originality are two very different things

-there is always room for improvement

-no matter how long something has taken to make, never be afraid to start over

-determination, on the right paths, will lead to success

-ideas change with growth, don't be afraid of that change



that's all i've got. no more capitalizing things. blogging is done.

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