Emma (@thecrapflat) is a content consultant and creator who works from her stubborn but endearing London home, she refers to as the ‘crap flat.’ As the city hovers a second lockdown due to COVID-19, Emma designs her workspace and routine to adapt to a new normal. Here’s how Emma gets it done: On […]
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For Lisa (@lisadieder), life before the pandemic consisted of creative directing, producing, and shooting commercial photography spanning a wide range of specialties. From interiors, lifestyle, food and beverage, to architecture and product — photography is a craft she’s been honing for the last 10 years. When COVID-19 hits her hometown of Nashville, Lisa must find […]
We’re creatures of habits. Habits that make up our daily routine and enable us to do our best work. Everyone has a different routine. It’s what works for them. There’s no right or wrong way of doing the work that we enjoy. While we each have our ways of doing, there are still lessons that […]
I have a weakness for tastefully designed backpacks. It’s not an easy task to design a bag that functions well for work but is still stylish enough to bring out at night. ISM accomplished just that with their minimalist backpack design and beautiful aesthetics. Every detail is intentionally designed to help keep you efficient and […]
I rise sometime between 6 and 6:30 often after having heard the radio news. My breakfast, a dish of corn flakes, is on the kitchen table. Coffee is made automatically by the stove timer. I breakfast alone. At the moment, I am reading a bit of very morning of Bergen and Cornelia Evans’ Contemporary American […]
I chose the color black because that’s what designers wore. Or at least my muses. For someone who knew nothing about designing a physical product or creating fashion, I thought that at the very least I could feel like I was Rei Kawakubo or Alexander Wang. In college, I was a history major. It’s not […]
On how childhood shaped her ambitions: So I come from a family of entrepreneurs and growing up, my dad was always working really long hours and doing a lot of different things. This idea of working hard came naturally to me. I see a lot of value in it and I’m always trying to better […]