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Love

  • Hangul ❤️

    I’ve just stumbled upon Hangul, the Korean Alphabet. What a fascinating design job. I loved it.

    https://medium.com/@minzikang/design-lessons-from-the-korean-alphabet-383191ee7d4d

  • My resumé in a user’s review! 

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  • No Bags, Thank You (But Definitely Love)

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    Ten years ago I was budgeting my backpacking trip in Luxemburg, and grocery stores were my go-to for breakfast, lunch and dinner (romantic, I know). I didn’t expect to fall in love inside one. But the cashier was Portuguese. Cute. So cute. Ridiculously cute. I spent the rest of the day thinking about that tiny moment. The only thing I managed to say was:

    “No bags, thank you.”

    Then I left town and never saw that person again.

    Until…

    A year later, in another tiny grocery store on a small island off the south of the south of South America, I found another cute Portuguese. Ninety-four percent Azores DNA (according to herself, not 23andMe). This time I didn’t let it slip. I married her.

    Still no bags, thank you. Just love.

  • Still Hypnotized by Locomotives

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    I saved coins
    to buy a tiny train,
    a little obsession
    that never really left.

    3 decades later
    I bike through cities
    and still feel that pull
    steel, wheels, distance.

    The kid with the train
    is still here,
    just riding a bigger loop
    around the world.

  • My first customer brought me here

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    Three years ago, I was filled with anxiety. I didn’t know if anyone would ever be interested in my work. After six months of effort, all I really wanted was more time to make everything perfect, to have infinite time.

    I took a deep breath and thought:
    “Alright, Dieguito, it’s time to put your work out there.”

    And so, I published my first app for the world to see. I was excited about the possibility of those first customers. A day went by, then another, and…

    Someone very special made a purchase. It was another maker, an artist. Later, he stopped being just a customer and became a friend. I feel like my work inspired his dreams.

    Three years ago, I was insecure and anxious about whether my work would succeed. Even now, I still get butterflies. But that first customer gave me the courage to keep going and still fuels my belief that my work can inspire others’ dreams too.

    That first customer, artist, and friend is Alexandre Braz. This photo is the closest we’ve come to meeting in person. Our art connected us, and now I’m his customer, and I couldn’t be happier about it.