My partner once told me something that resonated with me and that was – that nature abhors a vacuum. You allow inspiration to find you, because you are constantly in motion.
It takes courage to put yourself out there and allow yourself to be criticized – but in the end you have one very powerful thing to respond with: that is that at least you create, you sweat and bare your soul to all those who dare criticize and devalue what you do. There’s a lot to learn and there always will be. It’s a lot of hard work this becoming an entrepreneur and public creative. He held up the mirror to my face and made me see how afraid I was of trying to make something of myself, become what I always dreamed of, but never had the courage to do.
It took my best friend and life companion to finally give me that push I needed. It is never the right time! This was a hard realisation for me. We can say this to ourselves for a life time, but then nothing ever comes of it. I believe this is what brought me to finally step out of the comfort of my little box, where I could tell myself each day that I was fully capable of doing what I aspired to – just never was the right time. But I must admire those who try and fail at things, than those who never try at all. We often don’t like to admit it out loud, let alone to ourselves. How true is this statement! We all have desires and wishes to be something more, but how often do we just say we will do something and then never actually follow through? For me I would say it is the fear of failure that holds me back, and no doubt I am not alone in this. This may not always mean minimalist, but a good designers understands placement and composition well and knows where things need to be placed in order to achieve the optimal aesthetic.
Mockshop program windows#
Keeping windows simple, clean and fresh is always foremost on our agendas. We must never forget, as merchandisers our responsibility is always to draw attention to the product and never to detract. Photos: (3) work by Eszter Czibok Designs The store owner has even said she had noticed an increase in interest from strangers seeing the pop of colors and intriguing shapes placed in the windows. The few I’ve worked on have proven to be a great success and have drawn a lot of attention from the street traffic. Just requires a good color or hue plan and you’re set. Lately in my dabblings in using shapes to enhance a window I’ve come to find that they lend themselves incredibly well to most products and are very complimentary to whatever you place in the window. Photo: work by Joe Polimini At Jeffrey NY Terms like ‘retro’ & ‘vintage’ gave way to new terms like ‘retrofitted’ and others like it. The 21st century has given us a lot of the “Today’s fad is Yesterday’s fashion” theme. Lately I’ve been noticing a huge resurgence of geometric shapes and funky patterns often inspired by tribal/native patterns that were quite popular during the 80s or even in the 60s. Working on developing new windows and visual merchandising ideas requires that we the designers continually remain on top of what the modern trends are.