Movement

Process is more important then outcome

This in a way goes back to the idea behind The Ramble by Tom Hodgkinson, but in a different sense, The Ramble was about observing everything around you during a journey, this idea is the same but refers to the process to a goal, the feeling rather then an actual physical environment. The idea is to learn from the process, from the success as well as the failures. In most things i do i enjoy the journey more then the achieving the goal, because every time i do it is accompanied by not only elation but a bit of sadness as well, this is because that is the end of a journey that cant be repeated. This sadness id because in my opinion no matter what people do in life, we are all creatures of action, we have to keep going and not sit in one spot for to long, we have to keep reaching higher no matter how fearful of falling from such a height.

Capture accidents

In my opinion this has two levels, first is that more often then not a mistake can lead to a more suitable find, in that what at first seems wrong could be a perfect fit for that design.

Second a 100 wrong ways to find a fitting design for whatever purpose is not a 100 failures but an understanding of 100 ways not to make that design. These 100 ways though could also be useful for other design purposes, for other products or ideas.


Stand on someones shoulder's

There is nothing wrong by being influenced by other people's work,it does not mean you are copying, just that you share similar principles, ideas or techniques. Many artists like Hiroshige, who fooled the footsteps of Hokusai which lead him to become one of the last great ukiyo-e artists, looked up to someone else, learnt from someone else, emulated someone else.

Most designs today are reworks of work from a day gone past, everything is recycled again and again, its how it is reformed that truly makes a piece interesting. I have used many other pieces of works to influence my work, its from others after all, that you find inspiration.