How To Be A Samurai Designer

I’m very happy to announce that Smashing Magazine has published an article of mine, “How To Be A Samurai Designer.”

samurai

Drawing inspiration from the book Hagakure, by Tsunetomo Yamamoto, I put together a few guidelines to help us designers be a true samurai in our profession.

The way we approach design problems, our decision-making process and the plans we have for our career can all be enhanced with a healthy dose of samurai ethics, in my opinion.
Years ago, when I discovered Hagakure, I was blown away by how effective its teachings were. Overnight I was cured of many of my guiltiest sins: undecisiveness, procrastination, lack of focus. Ever since, the ethics of the samurai, properly updated and adapted to contemporary life, have helped me become a better person, hence a better designer.

Give the article a read, it might help you too.

Share this post with the world!

separator

3 Very Welcome Comments:

  • Ganesh says:

    I came here after reading your article in smashing magazine and it was very well written.

    I am also aspiring to better myself in designing. I believe this helped me. Thanks :)

  • juan says:

    Many thanks for this andrea, in this times the world goes crazy, many things happening at the same time….

    we need to be strong and reading thing like this could help us a lot.

    thanks

    Juan

Speak Your Mind