“Design is creating for others; art is creating for yourself.” Lee Young, former Director of Design at Xero, spent 20 years designing before leaving to become an art therapist, using clay and pastels to support people nearing the end of their lives. He says some emotions are beyond the reach of words, but art can reach them. He also talks about the idea of a “golden cage”: a high salary, stability, and a title—but knowing you’re trapped.
This episode also covers what changed over the week after deleting Twitter and LinkedIn from a phone, why even New Zealanders say they don’t know how to make friends, and the story of Xinran Ma, who switched from architecture to product design and started a newsletter along the way.
https://bearliu.substack.com/p/80
This episode also covers what changed over the week after deleting Twitter and LinkedIn from a phone, why even New Zealanders say they don’t know how to make friends, and the story of Xinran Ma, who switched from architecture to product design and started a newsletter along the way.
https://bearliu.substack.com/p/80